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

Union Tank Car Company - Ville Platte, LA

Ville Platte, LA · ~153 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Union Tank Car Company - Ville Platte, LA runs at 58% 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 - Ville Platte, LA: 2.6 TCR = 58% 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 - Ville Platte, LA safety composite

Union Tank Car Company - Ville Platte, LA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

−1.0

2016→2020

Union Tank Car Company - Ville Platte, LA injury rate improved

Union Tank Car Company - Ville Platte, LA's TCR fell 1.0 from 4.2 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=3.0 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488210 · Ville Platte, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 58% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #6/10
  • PHOTO CF Rail Services Eas…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CF Rail Services East Chicago, IN (0.0 TCR gap)

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Union Tank Car Company - Ville Platte, LA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Union Tank Car Company - Ville Platte, LA averages 2.6 TCR (58% 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 - Ville Platte, LA TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=3 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=3.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Union Tank Car Company - Ville Platte, LA falls in its industry

409 Locomotive and rail car repair establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 10 Locomotive and rail car repair employers in Louisiana.

Union Tank Car Company - Ville Platte, LA (153 employees, TCR 2.6) 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 - Ville Platte, LA
Union Tank Car Company - Ville Platte, LA (153 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Union Tank Car Company - Ville Platte, LA has more employees than the Locomotive and rail car repair (except f 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 3.1 1.3 5 0 0
2019 1.2 0.0 2 0 0
2018 3.0 0.6 5 0 0
2017 1.6 1.0 3 0 0
2016 4.2 2.6 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488210 · LA · Ville Platte

409 Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 17 employers in Ville Platte, LA · 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 CF Rail Services East Chicago, IN 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Richmond BNSF AAW 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TTX- POTI 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Toledo Ohio 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE BrandSafway LLC - PBF Refinery - Chalmette 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE LA213 DeQuincy Lumber 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE SYSCO ACADIANA fka DOERLE FOOD SERVICES, A DIVISION OF SYSCO USA II, LLC 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1698 LOWE S OF COVINGTON LA 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ville Platte Medical Center LLC 538 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cameron V&M 395 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cameron 300 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 312 213 FTE
NAT-TCR Salco, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Jackson-Mitchell, Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Carolinas Hospital Marion 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR SFS Hartford-253BDL 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cullman Fabricating Facility 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nazareth Pallet Company Inc. 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Laurels of Bon Air 153 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.