Catalog showrooms, general merchandise (except catalog mail-order) · Virginia

Black Dog Salvage

Roanoke, VA · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Black Dog Salvage runs at 382% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Catalog showrooms, general merchandise (except catalog mail-order) workplace, earning a grade F.

Black Dog Salvage: 13.0 TCR = 382% of Catalog showrooms, general merchandise (except catalog mail-order) BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Black Dog Salvage safety composite

Black Dog Salvage scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

TCR Δ

−13.1

2016→2018

Black Dog Salvage injury rate improved

Black Dog Salvage's TCR fell 13.1 from 20.3 in 2016 to 7.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 20.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=20.3 · 2017=11.6 · 2018=7.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Roanoke, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.0 · 382% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #59/59
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1718…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1718 CHILLICOTHE, OH (0.0 TCR gap)

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Black Dog Salvage in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Black Dog Salvage averages 13.0 TCR (382% of the Catalog showrooms, general merchandise (except catalog mail-order) BLS benchmark).

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

Black Dog Salvage TCR series: 2016=20.3 · 2017=11.6 · 2018=7.1 · BLS 3.4

Where Black Dog Salvage falls in its industry

2,120 Catalog showrooms, general mer establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #59 safest of 59 Catalog showrooms, general mer employers in Virginia.

Black Dog Salvage (35 employees, TCR 13.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 020406080100 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Black Dog Salvage
Black Dog Salvage (35 employees, TCR 13.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Black Dog Salvage has more employees than the Catalog showrooms, general merchandise ( median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2018 7.1 3.6 2 0 0
2017 11.6 0.0 3 0 0
2016 20.3 5.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · VA · Roanoke

2,120 Catalog showrooms, general merchandise (except catalog mail-order) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 415 employers in Roanoke, 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 Big Lots Store #1718 CHILLICOTHE, OH 13.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roses Express 688 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Runnings of Findlay 13.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4679 Okemos, MI 13.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE R S Coleman Lumber Company Inc 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clinch River 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fieldale Office 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shenandoah Division 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carilion Clinic Co. 01 7,384 FTE
CITY-NEAR Roanoke City Public Schools 1,849 FTE
CITY-NEAR Other Location 1,808 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carilion Clinic Services Co. 13 1,753 FTE
NAT-TCR Karcher Foster Services 13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 424 ABC Supply Co., inc 13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Frisco Memory Care, LLC 13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Somerset Rehabilitation & Living Center 13.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center (KCPC) 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0018 - Chula Vista, Ca 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Able WeldBuilt Industries, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE House of Color, Inc. 35 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.