Lawn Care Services · Virginia
5731 - DC South
Lorton, VA · ~65 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
5731 - DC South runs at 206% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lawn Care Services workplace, earning a grade F.
5731 - DC South: 9.3 TCR = 206% of Lawn Care Services BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
5731 - DC South safety composite
5731 - DC South scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% 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
5731 - DC South: 1.8 → 9.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 16.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2023
5731 - DC South's TCR rose 7.5 from 1.8 in 2017 to 9.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 16.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 561730 · Lorton, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 206% of ind
- DART 7.8 DART
- RANK #80/86
- PHOTO 5515 - Buffalo
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 39 inj
- SIZE ~65 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 5515 - Buffalo (0.0 TCR gap)
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5731 - DC South in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
5731 - DC South
9.3 TCR
- 5515 - Buffalo
5515 - Buffalo
9.3 TCR
- TWIN LAKES NUR
TWIN LAKES NURSERY
9.3 TCR
- DeVisser Lands
DeVisser Landscape Services, Inc
9.3 TCR
- Stamford, CT
Stamford, CT
9.2 TCR
What this shows 5731 - DC South averages 9.3 TCR (206% of the Lawn Care Services BLS benchmark).
5731 - DC South TCR series: 2017=1.8 · 2018=11.1 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=11.1 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=16.9 · 2023=9.3 · BLS 4.5
Where 5731 - DC South falls in its industry
2,875 Lawn Care Services establishmentsSafer than 19% 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 #80 safest of 86 Lawn Care Services employers in Virginia.
5731 - DC South has more employees than the Lawn Care Services 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 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.1 | 7.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
561730 · VA · Lorton
2,875 Lawn Care Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 64 employers in Lorton, 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 | 5515 - Buffalo | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TWIN LAKES NURSERY | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DeVisser Landscape Services, Inc | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Stamford, CT | 9.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | POSSUM PT PW ST | 65 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BLUE RIDGE | 65 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Public Works-Wastewater | 65 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gilbane Building Company Richmond | 65 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lorton Transportation Center | 1,372 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 7040 TRANSIT REGION-DIAMOND TRANSPORTATION | 361 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Maryland | 316 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Virginia | 313 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Kessler Containers, Ltd | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 1159 | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pennsauken-6981 N Park Dr | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Poet's Walk Henderson | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Food 4 Less - Lodi | 65 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | D.R. Johnosn Wood Innovations | 65 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 5521 - Long Island East | 65 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | North Georgia Tire | 65 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.