Lawn Care · Virginia
5730 - Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, VA · ~67 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
5730 - Virginia Beach runs at 131% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Lawn Care workplace, earning a grade D.
5730 - Virginia Beach: 5.9 TCR = 131% of Lawn Care BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
5730 - Virginia Beach safety composite
5730 - Virginia Beach scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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%).
Rising injury rate
5730 - Virginia Beach: 3.0 → 8.9 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 8.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.2× in 2024
5730 - Virginia Beach's TCR rose 5.9 from 3.0 in 2017 to 8.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 561730 · Virginia Beach, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 131% of ind
- DART 7.1 DART
- RANK #67/86
- PHOTO Public Works
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 25 inj
- SIZE ~67 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Public Works (0.0 TCR gap)
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5730 - Virginia Beach in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
5730 - Virginia Beach
5.9 TCR
- Public Works
Public Works
5.9 TCR
- Barnes Tree Se
Barnes Tree Service Inc
5.9 TCR
- FWY Kapp's Ft
FWY Kapp's Ft Wayne
5.9 TCR
- Tree Services
Tree Services
5.9 TCR
What this shows 5730 - Virginia Beach averages 5.9 TCR (131% of the Lawn Care BLS benchmark).
5730 - Virginia Beach TCR series: 2017=3 · 2018=2.6 · 2020=5.5 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=8.9 · BLS 4.5
Where 5730 - Virginia Beach falls in its industry
2,875 Lawn Care establishmentsSafer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #67 safest of 86 Lawn Care employers in Virginia.
5730 - Virginia Beach has more employees than the Lawn Care 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 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
561730 · VA · Virginia Beach
2,875 Lawn Care employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 486 employers in Virginia Beach, 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 | Public Works | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Barnes Tree Service Inc | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FWY Kapp's Ft Wayne | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tree Services | 5.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Soli Organic Inc. - Harrisonburg Biofarm | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Thompson Construction Group Inc BAE Radford | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eilerson Development Corporation dba EDC | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Blair Brothers, Inc. | 67 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Virginia Beach | 8,144 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Main Office - 01 | 7,774 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hii - Technical Solutions Division | 4,475 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | STIHL Inc. | 2,399 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | HCA Florida Brandon Hospital | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | First Flight Elementary | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rivergate Terrace | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Royal Sea Cliff | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 5806 - West Chicago | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Headquarters | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hall's Fast Motor Freight Inc. | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stanton Svc Ctr | 67 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.