Supermarkets and Other Grocery Except Convenience Stores · Virginia

029-00520

Chester, VA · ~158 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

029-00520 runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Supermarkets and Other Grocery Except Convenience Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

029-00520: 4.8 TCR = 142% of Supermarkets and Other Grocery Except Convenience Stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

029-00520 safety composite

029-00520 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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%).

029-00520 held a steady TCR band

029-00520's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.8 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.8 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=6.1 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Chester, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 142% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #956/1241
  • PHOTO Store 0459
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 46 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Store 0459 (0.0 TCR gap)

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029-00520 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 029-00520 averages 4.8 TCR (142% of the Supermarkets and Other Grocery Except Convenience Stores BLS benchmark).

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

029-00520 TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=6.1 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=2 · BLS 3.4

Where 029-00520 falls in its industry

30,654 Supermarkets and Other Grocery establishments

Safer than 47% 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 #956 safest of 1241 Supermarkets and Other Grocery employers in Virginia.

029-00520 (158 employees, TCR 4.8) 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 029-00520
029-00520 (158 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

029-00520 has more employees than the Supermarkets and Other Grocery Except Co 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
2024 2.0 1.0 2 0 0
2023 5.3 1.1 5 0 0
2022 7.6 4.8 8 0 0
2021 5.3 5.3 4 2 0
2020 3.1 1.6 3 1 0
2019 6.1 5.2 7 0 0
2018 6.6 6.6 8 0 0
2017 5.8 4.2 7 0 0
2016 1.8 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · VA · Chester

30,654 Supermarkets and Other Grocery Except Convenience Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 119 employers in Chester, 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 Store 0459 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 10116 Deerfield 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 014-00913 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 016-00802 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cheriton Location 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE 326-NiSource-Chester VA-Operations 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amcor Rigid Packaging USA LLC- Wytheville 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE G.D USA, Inc. 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : RIC2 3,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - RIC2 2,710 FTE
CITY-NEAR C.W. Wright Construction Company, LLC 697 FTE
CITY-NEAR CW Wright Construction 573 FTE
NAT-TCR Clover Farms Dairy 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Elsa Logistics Inc 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Herr Foods - 073 South Philadelphia PA 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lake Havasu 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE APHIX - Lexington 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hy Tech Tile Inc 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Aluminum Alloys, LLC. 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Red Cross - 405 W John H Gwynn Jr Ave 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.