Rail laying and tamping equipment manufacturing · Virginia
Plasser American Corporation - Chesapeake
Chesapeake, VA · ~262 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Plasser American Corporation - Chesapeake runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Rail laying and tamping equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Plasser American Corporation - Chesapeake: 3.2 TCR = 96% of Rail laying and tamping equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Plasser American Corporation - Chesapeake safety composite
Plasser American Corporation - Chesapeake scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 3.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% 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%).
Plasser American Corporation - Chesapeake held a steady TCR band
Plasser American Corporation - Chesapeake's TCR held near 0.1 from 3.3 in 2017 to 3.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=3.3 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=3.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336510 · Chesapeake, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 96% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #7/7
- PHOTO Dixmoor
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~262 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Dixmoor (0.0 TCR gap)
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Plasser American Corporation - Chesapeake in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Plasser American Corporation - Chesapeake
3.2 TCR
- Dixmoor
Dixmoor
3.2 TCR
- Mascot
Mascot
3.2 TCR
- Trinity Rail M
Trinity Rail Maintenance Services Inc.
3.2 TCR
- Trinity Rail M
Trinity Rail Maintenance Services, Inc. Plant 4494
3.1 TCR
What this shows Plasser American Corporation - Chesapeake averages 3.2 TCR (96% of the Rail laying and tamping equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Plasser American Corporation - Chesapeake TCR series: 2017=3.3 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=3.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Plasser American Corporation - Chesapeake falls in its industry
208 Rail laying and tamping equipm establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Rail laying and tamping equipm employers in Virginia.
Plasser American Corporation - Chesapeake has more employees than the Rail laying and tamping equipment manufa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336510 · VA · Chesapeake
208 Rail laying and tamping equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 434 employers in Chesapeake, VA · 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 | Dixmoor | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mascot | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trinity Rail Maintenance Services Inc. | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trinity Rail Maintenance Services, Inc. Plant 4494 | 3.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hourigan | 262 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Interbake Foods LLC | 262 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Green Applications | 262 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mastic Home Exteriors, Inc. | 262 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - ORF2 | 2,432 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chesapeake Regional Medical Center | 2,059 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | QVC Chesapeake, Inc. | 1,056 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Crossways | 931 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Donan Engineering | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shopko Express #502 (Green Bay, WI (Howard)) | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shopko Store #7 (Lacrosse, WI (South)) | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Compassionate Care Hospice of Columbia | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Calais Regional Hospital | 262 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NTA | 262 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Central Arkansas Rehabilitation Hospital INC | 262 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Harrison Sportservice, Inc. | 262 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.