Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) · South Dakota

MWRailcar

Brandon, SD · ~146 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
30.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MWRailcar runs at 670% 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.

MWRailcar: 30.1 TCR = 670% of Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MWRailcar safety composite

MWRailcar 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).

F

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 30.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 14.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.1

2016→2022

MWRailcar injury rate improved

MWRailcar's TCR fell 7.1 from 31.1 in 2016 to 24.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 38.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=31.1 · 2017=32.1 · 2018=21.1 · 2019=38.2 · 2020=31.8 · 2021=32.5 · 2022=24.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488210 · Brandon, SD ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 30.1 · 670% of ind

  • DART 14.9 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO Midwest Railcar Repa…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 264 inj
  • SIZE ~146 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Midwest Railcar Repair, Inc (2.4 TCR gap)

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MWRailcar in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows MWRailcar averages 30.1 TCR (670% of the Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

MWRailcar TCR series: 2016=31.1 · 2017=32.1 · 2018=21.1 · 2019=38.2 · 2020=31.8 · 2021=32.5 · 2022=24 · BLS 4.5

Where MWRailcar falls in its industry

409 Locomotive and rail car repair establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
MWRailcar (146 employees, TCR 30.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate MWRailcar
MWRailcar (146 employees, TCR 30.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.8

MWRailcar has more 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
2022 24.0 14.9 29 0 0
2021 32.5 9.3 33 2 0
2020 31.8 12.2 39 0 0
2019 38.2 19.1 52 0 0
2018 21.1 8.3 28 0 0
2017 32.1 20.7 42 0 0
2016 31.1 18.2 41 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488210 · SD · Brandon

409 Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 18 employers in Brandon, SD · 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 RAILCAR SERVICE 26.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kansas City, MO Rail Shop 15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hollidaysburg 14.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Midwestern Mechanical, Inc. 146 FTE
STATE-SIZE AH Avera Central Office 146 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Hills Training Center 146 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coca - Cola Bottling Company High Country - Black Hills 147 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marmen Energy Company 274 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marmen Energy Brandon 262 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spartan - Brandon 235 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spartan Motors - Brandon 214 FTE
NAT-TCR 048 Juvenile Detention Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rockland Facility 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kemper Moving Systems 30.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ferriot Inc. 146 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Capes Fisheries Inc 146 FTE
NAT-SIZE Varex Imaging, Santa Clara 146 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rochelle 146 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.