Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) · Kansas
Kansas City Railcar Service
Kansas City, KS · ~42 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 26.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kansas City Railcar Service runs at 588% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) workplace, earning a grade F.
Kansas City Railcar Service: 26.5 TCR = 588% of Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kansas City Railcar Service safety composite
Kansas City Railcar Service scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
18/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 26.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
Rising injury rate
Kansas City Railcar Service: 15.9 → 21.6 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 41.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.18× in 2023
Kansas City Railcar Service's TCR rose 5.7 from 15.9 in 2021 to 21.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 41.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 488210 · Kansas City, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 26.5 · 588% of ind
- DART 4.8 DART
- RANK #39/39
- PHOTO Midwest Railcar Repa…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 35 inj
- SIZE ~42 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Midwest Railcar Repair, Inc (1.3 TCR gap)
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Kansas City Railcar Service in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Midwest Railca
Midwest Railcar Repair, Inc
27.7 TCR
- This site
Kansas City Railcar Service
26.5 TCR
- Kansas City, M
Kansas City, MO Rail Shop
15.4 TCR
- Hollidaysburg
Hollidaysburg
14.4 TCR
- Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain Transload - Commerce City
13.6 TCR
What this shows Kansas City Railcar Service averages 26.5 TCR (588% of the Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS benchmark).
Kansas City Railcar Service TCR series: 2021=15.9 · 2022=41.9 · 2023=21.6 · BLS 4.5
Where Kansas City Railcar Service falls in its industry
409 Locomotive and rail car repair establishmentsSafer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 39 Locomotive and rail car repair employers in Kansas.
Kansas City Railcar Service has fewer employees than the Locomotive and rail car repair (except f median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21.6 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 41.9 | 8.8 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 15.9 | 11.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
488210 · KS · Kansas City
409 Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 367 employers in Kansas City, KS · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Midwest Railcar Repair, Inc | 27.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kansas City, MO Rail Shop | 15.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hollidaysburg | 14.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rocky Mountain Transload - Commerce City | 13.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sedan Floral Inc | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bartlett Cattle Company, L.P. - Sublette | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rio Vista Farms LLC | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Zoltenko Farms | 42 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - MKC6 | 3,116 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : MKC6 | 2,912 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fairfax Assembly and Stamping | 2,772 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER | 1,091 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Anthem Chico Management | 26.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0168 Portland | 26.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Windsor - Resort | 26.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chimp Haven | 26.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Athens Mold and Machine | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Morelli Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | R/J Group, Inc. | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Building Management Partners | 42 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.