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

Southern Avenue Division

Capitol Heights, MD · ~180 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Avenue Division runs at 370% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) workplace, earning a grade F.

Southern Avenue Division: 16.6 TCR = 370% of Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Avenue Division safety composite

Southern Avenue Division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 20.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

Southern Avenue Division: 19.3 → 20.5 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 20.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.23× in 2022

Southern Avenue Division's TCR rose 1.2 from 19.3 in 2018 to 20.5 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · Capitol Heights, MD ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 16.6 · 370% of ind

  • DART 20.5 DART
  • RANK #18/20
  • PHOTO Transit Police Depar…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 87 inj
  • SIZE ~180 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Transit Police Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Avenue Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Avenue Division averages 16.6 TCR (370% 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

Southern Avenue Division TCR series: 2018=19.3 · 2019=13.8 · 2020=17 · 2021=12.5 · 2022=20.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Southern Avenue Division falls in its industry

421 Mixed mode transit systems (e. establishments

Safer than 3% 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 #18 safest of 20 Mixed mode transit systems (e. employers in Maryland.

Southern Avenue Division (180 employees, TCR 16.6) 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 Southern Avenue Division
Southern Avenue Division (180 employees, TCR 16.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Southern Avenue Division has fewer employees than the Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, c median and a higher 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 20.5 20.5 24 7 0
2021 12.5 11.8 13 5 0
2020 17.0 17.0 16 6 0
2019 13.8 13.2 15 8 0
2018 19.3 15.0 19 12 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · MD · Capitol Heights

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 · 64 employers in Capitol Heights, 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 Transit Police Department 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - Chaboya Division 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1953-4032 17.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4032 CARPENTERS 16.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE ICON Exterior Building Solutions, L.P. 180 FTE
STATE-SIZE WINDSOR ELECTRIC CO INC 180 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fuchs North America 180 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1840 180 FTE
CITY-NEAR 237482-WASHINGTON NDC 656 FTE
CITY-NEAR WASHINGTON NDC_1434471 637 FTE
CITY-NEAR 237481-SO MARYLAND MD P&DC 444 FTE
CITY-NEAR SOUTHERN MARYLAND_1441071 370 FTE
NAT-TCR 4054-ABS-0027-0026-00243 16.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-00797 16.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0637 16.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Norcross 16.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ballistic Advantage, LLC 180 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pocono Palace 180 FTE
NAT-SIZE Txcav - Houston 180 FTE
NAT-SIZE 543 - Wayne 180 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.