Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing · Virginia

Amware Pallet Services - Chester

Name: Amware Pallet Services - Chester Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chester, VA · ~55 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Amware Pallet Services - Chester runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Amware Pallet Services - Chester: 5.1 TCR = 153% of Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Amware Pallet Services - Chester safety composite

Amware Pallet Services - Chester scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 5.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

Amware Pallet Services - Chester: 3.5 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.32× in 2021

Amware Pallet Services - Chester's TCR rose 3.2 from 3.5 in 2019 to 6.7 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Chester, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 153% of ind

DART 6.7 DART
RANK #10/15
PHOTO 7153_16739
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 7153_16739 (0.0 TCR gap)

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7153_16739

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TransPak - DIV

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Propak - Tulsa

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What this shows Amware Pallet Services - Chester averages 5.1 TCR (153% of the Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Amware Pallet Services - Chester TCR series: 2019=3.5 · 2021=6.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Amware Pallet Services - Chester falls in its industry

952 Pallets, wood or wood and meta establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

Grade D

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 15 Pallets, wood or wood and meta employers in Virginia.

Amware Pallet Services - Chester (55 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Amware Pallet Services - Chester has more employees than the Pallets, wood or wood and metal combinat median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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	6.7	6.7	3	0	0
2019	3.5	3.5	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · VA · Chester

952 Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 119 employers in Chester, 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	7153_16739	ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kentucky Bourbon Barrel	LOUISVILLE, KY	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Propak - Tulsa, OK	TULSA, OK	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TransPak - DIV 147 Round Rock	ROUND ROCK, TX	5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Hendrix	BLACKSTONE	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gregory Pallet & Lumber Roanoke	ROANOKE	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Trump Vineyard Estates LLC	CHARLOTTESVILLE	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SERVPRO of Chesapeake	CHESAPEAKE	55 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : RIC2	Chester	3,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - RIC2	Chester	2,710 FTE
CITY-NEAR	C.W. Wright Construction Company, LLC	Chester	697 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CW Wright Construction	Chester	573 FTE
NAT-TCR	DPS	Milford, DE	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Russell Library	Middletown, CT	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Division 36 - Fallon Fuels	Fallon, NV	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Blake Medical Center	Bradenton, FL	5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Roche Constructors, Inc. - Corporate	Greeley, CO	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Torrington Fire Department	Torrington, CT	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CRI - East Ohio	Toledo, OH	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Landmark of Fridley	Fridley, MN	55 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, 2019. 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.