Natural Gas Distribution · Virginia

939-NiSource-Lexington VA-Borden Rd

Name: 939-NiSource-Lexington VA-Borden Rd Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Buena Vista, VA · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

939-NiSource-Lexington VA-Borden Rd runs at 206% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

939-NiSource-Lexington VA-Borden Rd: 2.5 TCR = 206% of Natural Gas Distribution BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

939-NiSource-Lexington VA-Borden Rd safety composite

939-NiSource-Lexington VA-Borden Rd scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

Rising injury rate

939-NiSource-Lexington VA-Borden Rd: 0.0 → 4.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2021

939-NiSource-Lexington VA-Borden Rd's TCR rose 4.9 from 0.0 in 2020 to 4.9 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Buena Vista, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.5 · 206% of ind

DART 4.9 DART
RANK #11/21
PHOTO Wyoming NorthStar
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wyoming NorthStar (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.5
Wyoming NorthS

2.5
800 DELTA DR M

2.5
Riverton

2.5
Golden Valley

2.5

What this shows 939-NiSource-Lexington VA-Borden Rd averages 2.5 TCR (206% of the Natural Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

939-NiSource-Lexington VA-Borden Rd TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=4.9 · BLS 1.2

Where 939-NiSource-Lexington VA-Borden Rd falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 21 Natural Gas Distribution employers in Virginia.

939-NiSource-Lexington VA-Borden Rd (21 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

939-NiSource-Lexington VA-Borden Rd has fewer employees than the Natural Gas Distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2021	4.9	4.9	1	0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · VA · Buena Vista

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 19 employers in Buena Vista, VA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Wyoming NorthStar	EVANSTON, WY	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	800 DELTA DR MONROE LA	MONROE, LA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Riverton	82501 - RIVERTON, WY	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Golden Valley Svc Ctr (Bldg A) MNGV	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Broadway Hatchery	BROADWAY	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Norton 580 Hawthorne Drive, Norton, VA 24273	NORTON	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	EMISSIONS MONITORING SUPPORT CENTER	CHESTER	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mecklenburg Electric Gretna	GRETNA	21 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Modine Manufacturing Company - Buena Vista	Buena Vista	217 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Munters Corporation, Buena Vista, VA	Buena Vista	211 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Everbrite, LLC	Buena Vista	113 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Everbrite LLC - Buena Vista	Buena Vista	110 FTE
NAT-TCR	Allied Waste of Kansas City East	Independence, MO	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	R.G. Anderson Company, Inc	Nashville, TN	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sunset Funeral Home	Danville, IL	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	UT Regional One Physicians Inc	Memphis, TN	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	The Cove Condominium Association	Palm Beach, FL	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Central Tank Coatings, Inc.	Elgin, IA	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Martin Bros. Contracting, Inc.	Goshen, IN	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	COF Fleet Tucson	Tucson, AZ	21 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: 2021, 2020. 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.