Locomotives manufacturing · Iowa

RELCO Locomotives, Inc.

Albia, IA · ~139 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

RELCO Locomotives, Inc. runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Locomotives manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

RELCO Locomotives, Inc.: 5.5 TCR = 168% of Locomotives manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RELCO Locomotives, Inc. safety composite

RELCO Locomotives, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−3.0

2016→2019

RELCO Locomotives, Inc. injury rate improved

RELCO Locomotives, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.0 from 7.1 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.1 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336510 · Albia, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 168% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK P16
  • PHOTO Dayton-Phoenix Group…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~139 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dayton-Phoenix Group - Dayton (0.0 TCR gap)

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RELCO Locomotives, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows RELCO Locomotives, Inc. averages 5.5 TCR (168% of the Locomotives manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

RELCO Locomotives, Inc. TCR series: 2016=7.1 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=4.1 · BLS 3.3

Where RELCO Locomotives, Inc. falls in its industry

208 Locomotives manufacturing establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
RELCO Locomotives, Inc. (139 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate RELCO Locomotives, Inc.
RELCO Locomotives, Inc. (139 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.3

RELCO Locomotives, Inc. has more employees than the Locomotives manufacturing 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 4.1 3.4 6 0 0
2018 3.1 0.0 4 0 0
2017 7.9 7.1 10 0 0
2016 7.1 4.8 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336510 · IA · Albia

208 Locomotives manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 12 employers in Albia, IA · 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 Dayton-Phoenix Group - Dayton 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Multi-Service Supply Division 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Premtec 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dayton-Phoenix Group Inc 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kinzler Construction Services-CIA 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2231 LOWE S OF CEDAR RAPIDS IA 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-2503 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monroe County Hospital and Clinics 186 FTE
CITY-NEAR Superior Machine, Inc. 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR Albia - Main Store 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR AYIA02-AYMI-AYM - ALBIA 80 FTE
NAT-TCR GLC Merrillville 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Max & Erma's Erie 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Griffin Transportation 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Geeleher Enterprises, Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE CHI Mercy Hospital 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE 641 - Beachwood 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodrich Landing Gear 139 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: 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.