Detention centers · Virginia

Amherst Adult Detention Center

Madison Heights, VA · ~125 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Amherst Adult Detention Center runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Detention centers workplace, earning a grade D.

Amherst Adult Detention Center: 5.6 TCR = 176% of Detention centers BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Amherst Adult Detention Center safety composite

Amherst Adult Detention Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−2.3

2019→2021

Amherst Adult Detention Center injury rate improved

Amherst Adult Detention Center's TCR fell 2.3 from 6.9 in 2019 to 4.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=6.9 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922140 · Madison Heights, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 176% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #45/51
  • PHOTO ADOC-Florence
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~125 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ADOC-Florence (0.0 TCR gap)

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Amherst Adult Detention Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Amherst Adult Detention Center averages 5.6 TCR (176% of the Detention centers BLS benchmark).

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

Amherst Adult Detention Center TCR series: 2019=6.9 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=4.6 · BLS 3.2

Where Amherst Adult Detention Center falls in its industry

482 Detention centers establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 51 Detention centers employers in Virginia.

Amherst Adult Detention Center (125 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Amherst Adult Detention Center
Amherst Adult Detention Center (125 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Amherst Adult Detention Center has fewer employees than the Detention centers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2021 4.6 3.1 6 0 0
2020 5.4 5.4 7 0 0
2019 6.9 6.9 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922140 · VA · Madison Heights

482 Detention centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 24 employers in Madison Heights, 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 ADOC-Florence 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clarinda Correctional Facility Inmate 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR El Paso Service Processing Center 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR COFFEE CORRECTIONAL 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shoosmith Construction, Inc. 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE ST Tissue 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amcor Tobacco Packaging - Chester Plant 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE Virginia Poly Operations (VPO) 125 FTE
CITY-NEAR Central Virginia Training Center 539 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2565 273 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2565 267 FTE
CITY-NEAR CSE, Inc. 224 FTE
NAT-TCR Airquip INC 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR JW Marriott San Francisco 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Inskeep Ford 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Asphalt Paving Overhead 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Scudder Falls 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vertiv Corporation - Lorain 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Building 1 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hibbing Community College 125 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, 2019. 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.