Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) · Pennsylvania
Union Tank Car Company - Altoona, PA
Altoona, PA · ~115 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Union Tank Car Company - Altoona, PA runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) workplace, earning a grade B.
Union Tank Car Company - Altoona, PA: 3.2 TCR = 72% of Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Union Tank Car Company - Altoona, PA safety composite
Union Tank Car Company - Altoona, PA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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%).
Union Tank Car Company - Altoona, PA held a steady TCR band
Union Tank Car Company - Altoona, PA's TCR held near 0.0 from 3.4 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.4 · 2017=0.9 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=3.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 488210 · Altoona, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 3.2 · 72% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #6/15
- PHOTO TTX- CXBP
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~115 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: TTX- CXBP (0.0 TCR gap)
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Union Tank Car Company - Altoona, PA in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- GLOBAL 4
GLOBAL 4
3.3 TCR
- This site
Union Tank Car Company - Altoona, PA
3.2 TCR
- TTX- CXBP
TTX- CXBP
3.2 TCR
- US Intermodal,
US Intermodal, Inc., Elizabeth, NJ
3.2 TCR
- Parsec Worcest
Parsec Worcester
3.2 TCR
What this shows Union Tank Car Company - Altoona, PA averages 3.2 TCR (72% of the Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS benchmark).
Union Tank Car Company - Altoona, PA TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=0.9 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=3.4 · BLS 4.5
Where Union Tank Car Company - Altoona, PA falls in its industry
409 Locomotive and rail car repair establishmentsSafer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 15 Locomotive and rail car repair employers in Pennsylvania.
Union Tank Car Company - Altoona, PA has more employees than the Locomotive and rail car repair (except f median and a higher 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 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
488210 · PA · Altoona
409 Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 120 employers in Altoona, PA · 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 | TTX- CXBP | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GLOBAL 4 | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | US Intermodal, Inc., Elizabeth, NJ | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Parsec Worcester | 3.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Esbenshade's Greenhouses, Inc. - Lititz | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WNDOB Windsor Office Building | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Penn Hills Service Center | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Michael F. Ronca & Sons, Inc. | 115 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pyramid Healthcare Inc | 3,019 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UPMC Altoona | 2,407 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Home Nursing Agency and Visiting Nurse Association | 785 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UPMC Altoona Regional Health Services Inc | 606 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Langsdale recycling and transfer station | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | A&B Construction | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Farina | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 5084 - NV Henderson Detention | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | CCAN - Ashtabula | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 395 S. Industrial Blvd - Integer TRN | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Aitkin High School | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Meijer DC-804 | 115 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.