Cold storage warehousing · Virginia

BGDC Distribution - Salem

Name: BGDC Distribution - Salem Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Salem, VA · ~290 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 4.2
Avg TCR: 5.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

BGDC Distribution - Salem runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cold storage warehousing workplace, earning a grade B.

BGDC Distribution - Salem: 4.2 TCR = 73% of Cold storage warehousing BLS 5.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BGDC Distribution - Salem safety composite

BGDC Distribution - Salem scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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%).

Rising injury rate

BGDC Distribution - Salem: 3.3 → 5.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.97× in 2023

BGDC Distribution - Salem's TCR rose 1.9 from 3.3 in 2022 to 5.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493120 · Salem, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 4.2 · 73% of ind

DART 4.1 DART
RANK #13/27
PHOTO Ottawa Fwd WH
BOOK 2y book
INJ 20 inj
SIZE ~290 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ottawa Fwd WH (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.2
Ottawa Fwd WH

4.2
Americold Logi

4.2
Burris Logisti

4.2
AmCom Food Ser

4.2

What this shows BGDC Distribution - Salem averages 4.2 TCR (73% of the Cold storage warehousing BLS benchmark).

BGDC Distribution - Salem TCR series: 2022=3.3 · 2023=5.2 · BLS 5.8

Where BGDC Distribution - Salem falls in its industry

1,039 Cold storage warehousing establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 27 Cold storage warehousing employers in Virginia.

BGDC Distribution - Salem (290 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9

BGDC Distribution - Salem has more employees than the Cold storage 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
2023	5.2	4.1	19	0	0
2022	3.3	3.3	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493120 · VA · Salem

1,039 Cold storage warehousing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 134 employers in Salem, 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	Ottawa Fwd WH	OTTAWA, IL	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Americold Logistics, LLC: Zumbrota	ZUMBROTA, MN	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Burris Logistics - Lakeland	LAKELAND, FL	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	AmCom Food Service	CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA	4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Tindall Corporation - Virginia Division	PETERSBURG	290 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Newport News Industrial- OIP	NEWPORT NEWS	290 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1431 - Falls Church	FALLS CHURCH	290 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2762	FAIRLAWN	290 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Carter Machinery Company, Inc.	Salem	2,763 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lewis Gale Medical Center	Salem	1,159 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC	Salem	770 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LewisGale Medical Center	Salem	690 FTE
NAT-TCR	Food City 041	Tempe, AZ	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mary Queen & Mother Association	St. Louis, MO	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lindenhurst	Lindenhurst, NY	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #1871 Gaylord, MI	Gaylord, MI	4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Bayside Interiors Inc.	Fremont, CA	290 FTE
NAT-SIZE	East Ridge at Cutler Bay	Cutler Bay, FL	290 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Indianapolis Terminal-DOT	Indianapolis, IN	290 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Laramie River Station	Wheatland, WY	290 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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