Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only) · Virginia
Bedford County Sheriff's Department
Bedford, VA · ~105 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bedford County Sheriff's Department runs at 332% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only) workplace, earning a grade F.
Bedford County Sheriff's Department: 10.6 TCR = 332% of Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only) BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bedford County Sheriff's Department safety composite
Bedford County Sheriff's Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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 10.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
Bedford County Sheriff's Department: 4.8 → 14.4 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 14.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.72× in 2024
Bedford County Sheriff's Department's TCR rose 9.6 from 4.8 in 2019 to 14.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922120 · Bedford, VA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 10.6 · 332% of ind
- DART 7.7 DART
- RANK #30/39
- PHOTO City of Charleston -…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 62 inj
- SIZE ~105 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: City of Charleston - Police Department (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bedford County Sheriff's Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Bedford County Sheriff's Department
10.6 TCR
- City of Charle
City of Charleston - Police Department
10.6 TCR
- Jackson County
Jackson County Sheriff
10.5 TCR
- SCS Police Dep
SCS Police Department
10.5 TCR
- OCSD SAFE Divi
OCSD SAFE Division - Brad Gates Office
10.5 TCR
What this shows Bedford County Sheriff's Department averages 10.6 TCR (332% of the Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only) BLS benchmark).
Bedford County Sheriff's Department TCR series: 2019=4.8 · 2020=10.9 · 2021=9.1 · 2022=14.3 · 2023=10.2 · 2024=14.4 · BLS 3.2
Where Bedford County Sheriff's Department falls in its industry
716 Sheriffs' offices (except cour establishmentsSafer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 39 Sheriffs' offices (except cour employers in Virginia.
Bedford County Sheriff's Department has more employees than the Sheriffs' offices (except court function median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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 | 14.4 | 7.7 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.2 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14.3 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.1 | 1.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.9 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922120 · VA · Bedford
716 Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 38 employers in Bedford, 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 | City of Charleston - Police Department | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Jackson County Sheriff | 10.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SCS Police Department | 10.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OCSD SAFE Division - Brad Gates Office | 10.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | S.W. Funk Industrial Contractors Inc. | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Branch Builds, Inc. | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2900 BCD | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Electrical Service | 105 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1399 | 314 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1399 | 292 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sam Moore Furniture | 216 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 524 - BEDFORD | 123 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ventura Family YMCA | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | American Fence Company of Minnesota | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Niblock Excavating & Asphalt Inc | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Paxton Products Inc. | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Horizon Air Services Inc | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Thermofisher Scientific | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Associated Metalcast | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Onondaga Center | 105 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.