Paperhanging and removal contractors · Virginia

American Stripping Company

Norfolk, VA · ~24 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Stripping Company runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paperhanging and removal contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

American Stripping Company: 1.4 TCR = 49% of Paperhanging and removal contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Stripping Company safety composite

American Stripping Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

American Stripping Company held a steady TCR band

American Stripping Company's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.0 in 2018 to 4.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238320 · Norfolk, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 49% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #8/14
  • PHOTO Russell Hinton Co.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Russell Hinton Co. (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Stripping Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Stripping Company averages 1.4 TCR (49% of the Paperhanging and removal contractors BLS benchmark).

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

American Stripping Company TCR series: 2018=4 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 2.8

Where American Stripping Company falls in its industry

582 Paperhanging and removal contr establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 14 Paperhanging and removal contr employers in Virginia.

American Stripping Company (24 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate American Stripping Company
American Stripping Company (24 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8

American Stripping Company has fewer employees than the Paperhanging and removal contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.0 4.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238320 · VA · Norfolk

582 Paperhanging and removal contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 473 employers in Norfolk, 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 Russell Hinton Co. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Namho Enterprises LLC 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SOUTHERN COLORS, INC. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Certified Coatings Company 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Smith Mountain Hydro 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE SHENANDOAH 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Inner Space Systems, Inc. 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sentara Norfolk General Hospital 4,863 FTE
CITY-NEAR Childrens Hospital of The Kings Dau 3,707 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Atlantic Group dba DZ Atlantic 3,248 FTE
CITY-NEAR Norfolk State University 2,981 FTE
NAT-TCR The Pillars at Crystal Bay 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Azriv - Riviera 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Yarde Metals Southington CT 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Specialty Machine Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Harvest Healthcare Solutions LLC 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE George L. Throop Company 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Evergreen Estates I 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bridgeport Energy 24 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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