Grocery Stores · Virginia

02579 - Store # 2579 Lynchburg

Lynchburg, VA · ~76 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

02579 - Store # 2579 Lynchburg runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

02579 - Store # 2579 Lynchburg: 5.1 TCR = 149% of Grocery Stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

02579 - Store # 2579 Lynchburg safety composite

02579 - Store # 2579 Lynchburg scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

2022→2023

02579 - Store # 2579 Lynchburg injury rate improved

02579 - Store # 2579 Lynchburg's TCR fell 5.0 from 7.6 in 2022 to 2.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=7.6 · 2023=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Lynchburg, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 149% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #993/1241
  • PHOTO The Fresh Market 031
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 031 (0.0 TCR gap)

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02579 - Store # 2579 Lynchburg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 02579 - Store # 2579 Lynchburg averages 5.1 TCR (149% of the Grocery Stores BLS benchmark).

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

02579 - Store # 2579 Lynchburg TCR series: 2022=7.6 · 2023=2.6 · BLS 3.4

Where 02579 - Store # 2579 Lynchburg falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery Stores establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #993 safest of 1241 Grocery Stores employers in Virginia.

02579 - Store # 2579 Lynchburg (76 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 02579 - Store # 2579 Lynchburg
02579 - Store # 2579 Lynchburg (76 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

02579 - Store # 2579 Lynchburg has fewer employees than the Grocery Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2023 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2022 7.6 5.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · VA · Lynchburg

30,654 Grocery Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 360 employers in Lynchburg, VA · 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 The Fresh Market 031 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store #71 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oleson's Food Store 609 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 1018 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Red Sun Farms 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harrisonburg Greenhouse 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roanoke Svc Bldg 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Asturian Group 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lynchburg General Hospital 2,596 FTE
CITY-NEAR BWXT NOG Lynchburg 2,200 FTE
CITY-NEAR BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg 2,180 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centra Urgent Care Forest 1,283 FTE
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 2818 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Rapids 600 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR County Market #473 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tops 213 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Greenwald & B.C. Inc. 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heiman, Inc. 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roses Brands 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Karas & Karas Glass Co.,Inc 76 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.