Freight car cleaning services · Indiana
Union Tank Car Company - 217 East Chicago
East Chicago, IN · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Union Tank Car Company - 217 East Chicago runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Freight car cleaning services workplace, earning a grade A.
Union Tank Car Company - 217 East Chicago: 1.4 TCR = 32% of Freight car cleaning services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Union Tank Car Company - 217 East Chicago safety composite
Union Tank Car Company - 217 East Chicago scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
71/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 77% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% 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
−2.9
2019→2020
Union Tank Car Company - 217 East Chicago injury rate improved
Union Tank Car Company - 217 East Chicago's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=2.9 · 2020=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 488210 · East Chicago, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 32% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #2/13
- PHOTO ARI Railcar Services…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~33 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: ARI Railcar Services, LLC Longview TX (0.0 TCR gap)
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Union Tank Car Company - 217 East Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- ARI Brookhaven
ARI Brookhaven
1.5 TCR
- So Cal
So Cal
1.5 TCR
- This site
Union Tank Car Company - 217 East Chicago
1.4 TCR
- ARI Railcar Se
ARI Railcar Services, LLC Longview TX
1.4 TCR
- WTPS Tioga
WTPS Tioga
1.4 TCR
What this shows Union Tank Car Company - 217 East Chicago averages 1.4 TCR (32% of the Freight car cleaning services BLS benchmark).
Union Tank Car Company - 217 East Chicago TCR series: 2019=2.9 · 2020=0 · BLS 4.5
Where Union Tank Car Company - 217 East Chicago falls in its industry
409 Freight car cleaning services establishmentsSafer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 13 Freight car cleaning services employers in Indiana.
Union Tank Car Company - 217 East Chicago has fewer employees than the Freight car cleaning services 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
488210 · IN · East Chicago
409 Freight car cleaning services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 69 employers in East Chicago, IN · 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 | ARI Railcar Services, LLC Longview TX | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WTPS Tioga | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ARI Brookhaven | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | So Cal | 1.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | IN-NPDI-INDIANA | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Newberry Farms, LLC | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Belvarken A.I. Center | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AES | 33 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Arcelormittal Indiana Harbor | 3,844 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor | 3,192 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ameristar East Chicago | 1,371 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ameristar Casino and Hotel East Chicago | 1,155 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Creekside Transitional Care and Rehabilitation Meridian Center | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | D2 Headquarters | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Afa Ny Branch | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Binghamton Container | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Havertys Furniture-Kissimmee | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TSMM Management LLC dba Sweetwater Retirement Community | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ruelco, Inc. | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eau Claire Hospice | 33 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.