Freight car cleaning services · Kentucky
Rail Services Inc
Calvert City, KY · ~28 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Rail Services Inc runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Freight car cleaning services workplace, earning a grade C.
Rail Services Inc: 3.9 TCR = 86% of Freight car cleaning services BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Rail Services Inc safety composite
Rail Services Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 3.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% 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
Rail Services Inc: 3.2 → 7.3 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 7.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.95× in 2024
Rail Services Inc's TCR rose 4.1 from 3.2 in 2016 to 7.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 488210 · Calvert City, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 86% of ind
- DART 3.7 DART
- RANK #3/4
- PHOTO BROOKLYN OREGON
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~28 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: BROOKLYN OREGON (0.0 TCR gap)
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Rail Services Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Rail Services Inc
3.9 TCR
- BROOKLYN OREGO
BROOKLYN OREGON
3.9 TCR
- Detroit
Detroit
3.9 TCR
- Union Tank Car
Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA
3.9 TCR
- TTX- ATMC
TTX- ATMC
3.9 TCR
What this shows Rail Services Inc averages 3.9 TCR (86% of the Freight car cleaning services BLS benchmark).
Rail Services Inc TCR series: 2016=3.2 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=7.3 · BLS 4.5
Where Rail Services Inc falls in its industry
409 Freight car cleaning services establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Freight car cleaning services employers in Kentucky.
Rail Services Inc has fewer employees than the Freight car cleaning services 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
488210 · KY · Calvert City
409 Freight car cleaning services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 41 employers in Calvert City, KY · 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 | BROOKLYN OREGON | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Detroit | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TTX- ATMC | 3.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Appharvest Berea Farm LLC | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Franklin Hatchery | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brandywine Explosives & Supply Inc. | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LGE-KU - Danville | 28 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ISP Chemicals, LLC an Ashland Company | 513 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Westlake Vinyl's Inc. | 394 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Calvert City | 374 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Arkema Inc. Calvert City Plant | 257 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Mid-State Construction Co., Inc. | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Fresh Market 003 | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CIT Trucks - Mokena | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Grocery Depot #6069 | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | GSA Custodial | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Front Range Farms, LLC | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Advance Fiber Technologies Corp. (AFT) | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Baylor | 28 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.