Loading and unloading services at rail terminals · Michigan

RRS Melvindale

Melvindale, MI · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

RRS Melvindale runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Loading and unloading services at rail terminals workplace, earning a grade A.

RRS Melvindale: 1.9 TCR = 42% of Loading and unloading services at rail terminals BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RRS Melvindale safety composite

RRS Melvindale scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

RRS Melvindale: 2.3 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.77× in 2021

RRS Melvindale's TCR rose 1.0 from 2.3 in 2019 to 3.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488210 · Melvindale, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 42% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #3/11
  • PHOTO Eagle Railcar Servic…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eagle Railcar Services Washington (0.0 TCR gap)

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RRS Melvindale in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows RRS Melvindale averages 1.9 TCR (42% of the Loading and unloading services at rail terminals BLS benchmark).

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

RRS Melvindale TCR series: 2019=2.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.3 · BLS 4.5

Where RRS Melvindale falls in its industry

409 Loading and unloading services establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 11 Loading and unloading services employers in Michigan.

RRS Melvindale (36 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate RRS Melvindale
RRS Melvindale (36 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.8

RRS Melvindale has fewer employees than the Loading and unloading services at rail t median and a lower 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
2021 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.3 2.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488210 · MI · Melvindale

409 Loading and unloading services at rail terminals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 17 employers in Melvindale, MI · 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 Eagle Railcar Services Washington 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR WTPS - Loving 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parsec Mechanicville 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bensenville Terminal 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE R & R ASPHALT INC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blue Water Energy Center 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Facilities 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Haven Office 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Allen Road Center 510 FTE
CITY-NEAR Evans Distribution Systems - Headquarters 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mill Steel Melvindale 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Four Star Transportation 67 FTE
NAT-TCR AHI Small Buisness 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Road and Driveway Co. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR James J. Calmes & sons, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc 49AZ 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE LCI-493110 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Buck-Hampshire 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Furniture Rental-San Fran 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sylvin Technologies Inc 36 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.