Special purpose highway vehicle (e.g., firefighting vehicles) assembling on purchased chassis · Nebraska

Smeal Fire Apparatus Neligh

Name: Smeal Fire Apparatus Neligh Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Neligh, NE · ~24 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Smeal Fire Apparatus Neligh runs at 261% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Special purpose highway vehicle (e.g., firefighting vehicles) assembling on purchased chassis workplace, earning a grade F.

Smeal Fire Apparatus Neligh: 8.6 TCR = 261% of Special purpose highway vehicle (e.g., firefighting vehicles) assembling on purchased chassis BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smeal Fire Apparatus Neligh safety composite

Smeal Fire Apparatus Neligh scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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

−25.9

2016→2018

Smeal Fire Apparatus Neligh injury rate improved

Smeal Fire Apparatus Neligh's TCR fell 25.9 from 25.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 25.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=25.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336211 · Neligh, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 261% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #3/4
PHOTO Delaco Kasle Process…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Delaco Kasle Processing (0.0 TCR gap)

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KNAPHEIDE TRUC

8.7
This site

8.6
Delaco Kasle P

8.6
C.H. Bradshaw

8.6
4645_12671

8.6

What this shows Smeal Fire Apparatus Neligh averages 8.6 TCR (261% of the Special purpose highway vehicle (e.g., firefighting vehicles) assembling on purchased chassis BLS benchmark).

Smeal Fire Apparatus Neligh TCR series: 2016=25.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Smeal Fire Apparatus Neligh falls in its industry

470 Special purpose highway vehicl establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Special purpose highway vehicl employers in Nebraska.

Smeal Fire Apparatus Neligh (24 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 5.5

Smeal Fire Apparatus Neligh has fewer employees than the Special purpose highway vehicle (e.g., f median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0
2016	25.9	8.6	4	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336211 · NE · Neligh

470 Special purpose highway vehicle (e.g., firefighting vehicles) assembling on purchased chassis employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 5 employers in Neligh, NE · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Delaco Kasle Processing	WOODHAVEN, MI	8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	C.H. Bradshaw Company	GROVE CITY, OH	8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	4645_12671	GREENSBORO, NC	8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	KNAPHEIDE TRUCK EQUIPMENT COMPANY BUDA	BUDA, TX	8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Walther Farms NE	BRIDGEPORT	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JSMM Farms Elgin	ELGIN	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Schwartz Farms Pheasant Ridge NE	STANTON	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bartlett Repro	BARTLETT	24 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Antelope Memorial Hospital	Neligh	168 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Arbor Care Center-Neligh	Neligh	61 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Willows Assisted Living	Neligh	25 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Aurora Cooperative - Neligh Agronomy	Neligh	19 FTE
NAT-TCR	Massco - Wichita	Park City, KS	8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Jackson Emc - Gainesville	Gainesville, GA	8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	550 ABC Supply Co., inc.	Kent, WA	8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	0056 - Albuquerque, Nm	Albuquerque, NM	8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	993 Miami DC	Mirimar, FL	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Linde - Cherokee	Cherokee, AL	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Roses 392	Blue Ridge, GA	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	KFC-Mililani #033	Mililani, HI	24 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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