Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) · Maryland

Shady Grove Rail Yard

Rockville, MD · ~380 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shady Grove Rail Yard runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) workplace, earning a grade C.

Shady Grove Rail Yard: 4.2 TCR = 93% of Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shady Grove Rail Yard safety composite

Shady Grove Rail Yard scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−0.5

2018→2022

Shady Grove Rail Yard injury rate improved

Shady Grove Rail Yard's TCR fell 0.5 from 5.8 in 2018 to 5.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.8 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · Rockville, MD AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.2 · 93% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #12/20
  • PHOTO Mangrove
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 61 inj
  • SIZE ~380 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mangrove (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shady Grove Rail Yard in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shady Grove Rail Yard averages 4.2 TCR (93% of the Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS benchmark).

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

Shady Grove Rail Yard TCR series: 2018=5.8 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=5.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Shady Grove Rail Yard falls in its industry

421 Mixed mode transit systems (e. establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 20 Mixed mode transit systems (e. employers in Maryland.

Shady Grove Rail Yard (380 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Shady Grove Rail Yard
Shady Grove Rail Yard (380 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Shady Grove Rail Yard has more employees than the Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, c median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2022 5.3 4.8 15 5 0
2021 2.7 2.1 8 1 0
2020 2.7 2.7 7 3 0
2019 4.4 3.9 15 3 0
2018 5.8 5.3 16 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · MD · Rockville

421 Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 225 employers in Rockville, MD · 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 Mangrove 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 55883 Sussex 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro Transit Operation Support Center/Instruction Center 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR WESTERN PIEDMONT REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Berry Global Baltimore 380 FTE
STATE-SIZE Peak-Ryzex Inc. Entire Company 380 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bel Air 380 FTE
STATE-SIZE MD Judiciary- CC Baltimore City 380 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adventist Health Shady Grove Medical Center 2,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center 2,461 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shady Grove Adventist Hospital 2,357 FTE
CITY-NEAR MOM's Organic Market 1,354 FTE
NAT-TCR Trulieve Lady Lake 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1355 - York West 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1092 - Pensacola 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SLC-ODFL 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2253-H4003 380 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0910 - Cwi Packaging - Ca 380 FTE
NAT-SIZE John Wood Community College 380 FTE
NAT-SIZE MMPKTNFZ - AT&T Mobility Services LLC 380 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.