Catalytic converters, engine exhaust, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Virginia

Blacksburg

Christiansburg, VA · ~488 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blacksburg runs at 28% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Catalytic converters, engine exhaust, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Blacksburg: 1.5 TCR = 28% of Catalytic converters, engine exhaust, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blacksburg safety composite

Blacksburg scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

Blacksburg: 0.9 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2017

Blacksburg's TCR rose 1.2 from 0.9 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Christiansburg, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 28% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #2/7
  • PHOTO Fuserashi Internatio…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~488 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fuserashi International Technology (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blacksburg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blacksburg averages 1.5 TCR (28% of the Catalytic converters, engine exhaust, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Blacksburg TCR series: 2016=0.9 · 2017=2.1 · BLS 5.4

Where Blacksburg falls in its industry

772 Catalytic converters, engine e establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 7 Catalytic converters, engine e employers in Virginia.

Blacksburg (488 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Blacksburg
Blacksburg (488 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Blacksburg has more employees than the Catalytic converters, engine exhaust, au median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2017 2.1 1.4 12 0 0
2016 0.9 0.5 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · VA · Christiansburg

772 Catalytic converters, engine exhaust, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 61 employers in Christiansburg, 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 Fuserashi International Technology 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Martinrea Tuscaloosa, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shape Corp - 1825 Industrial Dr. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Avancez Assembly LLC 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Framatome Inc. - OFR 488 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henry County Virginia 488 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA Glasgow VA 489 FTE
STATE-SIZE NS&E Reston Offices 486 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carilion Clinic New River Valley Hospital Co. 03 1,131 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corning Incorporated - Blacksburg Plant 447 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHELOR MOTOR MILE INC 425 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Housing Partners, Corp 389 FTE
NAT-TCR N and R of Jonesburg Inc 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Quail Haven Village 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR ACS_ALBUQUERQUE_NM 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 088 Texas Health Physicians Group 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tualatin (Ortua) 488 FTE
NAT-SIZE Triad CUSD #2 488 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schaefer Systems - AUT, WTD, PSD, FAB, Corp (Updated) 488 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cedar Rapids G.O. 488 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: 2017, 2016. 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.