Discount Department Stores · Virginia

3257 - Ballston

Arlington, VA · ~89 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

3257 - Ballston runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade C.

3257 - Ballston: 3.8 TCR = 111% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

3257 - Ballston safety composite

3257 - Ballston scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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%).

3257 - Ballston held a steady TCR band

3257 - Ballston's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.9 in 2021 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.9 · 2022=11.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Arlington, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 111% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #63/130
  • PHOTO 2079 - Chicago Peter…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~89 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave (0.0 TCR gap)

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3257 - Ballston in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 3257 - Ballston averages 3.8 TCR (111% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

3257 - Ballston TCR series: 2021=1.9 · 2022=11.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.4

Where 3257 - Ballston falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 60% 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 #63 safest of 130 Discount Department Stores employers in Virginia.

3257 - Ballston (89 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 3257 - Ballston
3257 - Ballston (89 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

3257 - Ballston has fewer employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a lower 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 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 11.1 11.1 0 6 0
2021 1.9 1.9 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · VA · Arlington

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 250 employers in Arlington, 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 2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ross store 1706 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ross store 1854 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 323 - Northville 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE College Hill Water Treatment Plant 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE 105085 - Piney Creek Solar 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Portsmouth MZB-USA 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morgan Lumber Co., Inc. 89 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia Hospital Center 3,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-DCA-WASHINGTON - REAGAN NATIONAL-DCA-TRML 1,944 FTE
CITY-NEAR Headquarters and Company 1,521 FTE
CITY-NEAR EMCOR Government Services 1,167 FTE
NAT-TCR Surgical Facility 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR John Deere North American Parts Distribution Center 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cumberland Trace 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - WQQ1 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 3329 - Manhattan Washington Heights 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE ERA- Golden 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Odessa Transmission 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dallas (Ne) 89 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.