Chassis, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers · Maryland
Potomac Truck Center - Bladensburg
Bladensburg, MD · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 13.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Potomac Truck Center - Bladensburg runs at 614% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Chassis, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 13.5
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 8
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Potomac Truck Center - Bladensburg's OSHA Total Case Rate of 13.5 to the Chassis, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark of 2.2 (614% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Potomac Truck Center - Bladensburg's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.2 industry benchmark.
Where Potomac Truck Center - Bladensburg falls in its industry
1,508 Chassis, motor vehicle, mercha establishmentsSafer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 27 Chassis, motor vehicle, mercha employers in Maryland.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 8 injuries shown on this page for Potomac Truck Center - Bladensburg are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 423110 - Chassis, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2018)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 40 hours worked = 5000.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Potomac Truck Center - Bladensburg (this establishment) | 13.50 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Bus merchant wholesalers industry avg | 2.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 423110 |
| Maryland state avg (all industries) | 4.70 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Potomac Truck Center - Bladensburg to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2018: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 10000.0 | 5000.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 13.5 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Potomac Truck Center - Bladensburg's reported OSHA injury record versus its Chassis, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 614% of the Chassis, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers benchmark, Potomac Truck Center - Bladensburg reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Chassis, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.