Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) · Georgia

Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA

Valdosta, GA · ~158 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) workplace, earning a grade C.

Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA: 3.9 TCR = 86% 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 - Valdosta, GA safety composite

Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−5.6

2016→2020

Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA injury rate improved

Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA's TCR fell 5.6 from 8.6 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.6 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488210 · Valdosta, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 86% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #12/16
  • PHOTO Detroit
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Detroit (0.0 TCR gap)

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Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA averages 3.9 TCR (86% of the Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS benchmark).

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

Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA TCR series: 2016=8.6 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=3 · BLS 4.5

Where Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA falls in its industry

409 Locomotive and rail car repair establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 16 Locomotive and rail car repair employers in Georgia.

Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA (158 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA
Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA (158 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA 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 3.0 0.8 4 0 0
2019 1.4 0.0 2 0 0
2018 2.1 0.7 1 2 0
2017 4.2 0.0 6 0 1
2016 8.6 2.3 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488210 · GA · Valdosta

409 Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 167 employers in Valdosta, GA · 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 Detroit 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BROOKLYN OREGON 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rail Services Inc 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro East Industries, Inc. 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Baker Constructors, Inc. Georgia Division 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cargill, Incorporated-Gainesville Plant 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Profile Custom Extrusions 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE ASI-900 Facility 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Georgia Medical Center 2,450 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2807-0962 922 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ace Electric Inc. - All Establishments 886 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ace Electric Inc. 809 FTE
NAT-TCR North American Chemical Corporate Distribution Center 2400 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Roses 635 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Carson Tahoe Dayton Medical Center 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sonic Equipment Company 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sherman Brothers Trucking 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lear Corporation - Rochester Hills (2) 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE NFS:NFPG1 - NFPG1-Corp Office-Pleasant Gro 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE 242 Mason Avenue 158 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.