Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) · Iowa
UTC Railcar Repair Services - Waterloo, IA
Waterloo, IA · ~54 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
UTC Railcar Repair Services - Waterloo, IA runs at 66% 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.
UTC Railcar Repair Services - Waterloo, IA: 3.0 TCR = 66% of Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
UTC Railcar Repair Services - Waterloo, IA safety composite
UTC Railcar Repair Services - Waterloo, IA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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
−5.0
2016→2020
UTC Railcar Repair Services - Waterloo, IA injury rate improved
UTC Railcar Repair Services - Waterloo, IA's TCR fell 5.0 from 5.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.0 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=8.0 · 2020=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 488210 · Waterloo, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 3.0 · 66% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #1/7
- PHOTO AITX Railcar Service…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~54 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: AITX Railcar Services LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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UTC Railcar Repair Services - Waterloo, IA in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
UTC Railcar Repair Services - Waterloo, IA
3 TCR
- AITX Railcar S
AITX Railcar Services LLC
3 TCR
- Union Tank Car
Union Tank Car Company - Cleveland, TX
3 TCR
- Chicago 63rd S
Chicago 63rd Street NS
3 TCR
- YARDCENTER
YARDCENTER
3 TCR
What this shows UTC Railcar Repair Services - Waterloo, IA averages 3.0 TCR (66% of the Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS benchmark).
UTC Railcar Repair Services - Waterloo, IA TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=8 · 2020=0 · BLS 4.5
Where UTC Railcar Repair Services - Waterloo, IA falls in its industry
409 Locomotive and rail car repair establishmentsSafer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 7 Locomotive and rail car repair employers in Iowa.
UTC Railcar Repair Services - Waterloo, IA 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
488210 · IA · Waterloo
409 Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 172 employers in Waterloo, IA · 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 | AITX Railcar Services LLC | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Union Tank Car Company - Cleveland, TX | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chicago 63rd Street NS | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | YARDCENTER | 3.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Daybreak Foods Inc. - Graettinger | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fort Dodge Service Center | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Prairie Creek Plant | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bettendorf Service Center | 54 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Black Hawk County Extension | 4,790 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Waterloo Pork Plant | 2,801 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UnityPoint | 2,295 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations | 1,605 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Union Tank Car Company - Cleveland, TX | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Interface Communications | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon Transportation Services : MCI5 | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : LGA9 | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Billy Goat Tavern TN (One Lifestyle, Ltd.) | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | # 1 Cochran Parts Warehouse | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Charlotte DC FSP09 | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Engineered Films Plant--Bldg 18 | 54 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.