Refrigerated warehousing · Virginia

Americold Chesapeake

Chesapeake, VA · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Americold Chesapeake runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Refrigerated warehousing workplace, earning a grade B.

Americold Chesapeake: 3.9 TCR = 68% of Refrigerated warehousing BLS 5.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Americold Chesapeake safety composite

Americold Chesapeake scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.5

2020→2021

Americold Chesapeake injury rate improved

Americold Chesapeake's TCR fell 0.5 from 4.2 in 2020 to 3.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.2 · 2021=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493120 · Chesapeake, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.9 · 68% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #10/27
  • PHOTO Americold Logistics,…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Americold Logistics, LLC: Lula (0.0 TCR gap)

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Americold Chesapeake in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Americold Chesapeake averages 3.9 TCR (68% of the Refrigerated warehousing BLS benchmark).

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

Americold Chesapeake TCR series: 2020=4.2 · 2021=3.7 · BLS 5.8

Where Americold Chesapeake falls in its industry

1,039 Refrigerated warehousing establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 27 Refrigerated warehousing employers in Virginia.

Americold Chesapeake (53 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Americold Chesapeake
Americold Chesapeake (53 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Americold Chesapeake has fewer employees than the Refrigerated warehousing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 3.7 3.7 2 0 0
2020 4.2 4.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493120 · VA · Chesapeake

1,039 Refrigerated warehousing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 434 employers in Chesapeake, 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 Americold Logistics, LLC: Lula 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryder / Simmons 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orlando Distribution 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6055 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Power Home Solar Chester 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE GLOUCESTER 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE 324-NiSource-Suffolk VA-Harbour View 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Hopewell 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - ORF2 2,432 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chesapeake Regional Medical Center 2,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR QVC Chesapeake, Inc. 1,056 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crossways 931 FTE
NAT-TCR Millstone Weber, LLC. - Total Company 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Washington Oakes 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR All Seasons Healthcare 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Searhc Mt.Edge Fds 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Desert Lumber 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vivian Healthcare Center 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Russellville Route 324 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pride Mobility Las Vegas 53 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.