Discount Department Stores · Virginia

1017 - Chester

Chester, VA · ~129 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1017 - Chester runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

1017 - Chester: 4.6 TCR = 134% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1017 - Chester safety composite

1017 - Chester scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−1.6

2019→2024

1017 - Chester injury rate improved

1017 - Chester's TCR fell 1.6 from 2.9 in 2019 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 14.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.9 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=14.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Chester, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 134% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #78/130
  • PHOTO 0904 - Grand Rapids
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0904 - Grand Rapids (0.0 TCR gap)

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1017 - Chester in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1017 - Chester averages 4.6 TCR (134% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

1017 - Chester TCR series: 2019=2.9 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=14.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.4

Where 1017 - Chester falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #78 safest of 130 Discount Department Stores employers in Virginia.

1017 - Chester (129 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 1017 - Chester
1017 - Chester (129 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

1017 - Chester has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 14.5 14.5 2 10 0
2021 6.2 4.9 3 2 0
2020 2.5 0.0 1 1 0
2019 2.9 2.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · VA · Chester

4,991 Discount Department 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 0904 - Grand Rapids 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 101 - Menomonee Falls 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1483 - Bellevue 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit #2138 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE USA VA Norfolk 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Paper 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Simmons Fredericksburg 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Don Beyer Motors, Inc 129 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 0904 - Grand Rapids 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pt-Seton Med Aust 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Trebor USA Corp 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MSU - Garst 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0990 - Lancaster 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1070 - Waukegan 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1073 - Carrollton 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0924 - Mt Pleasant 129 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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