Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, silver oxide-zinc) manufacturing · Virginia

BMZ USA Inc.

Virginia Beach, VA · ~42 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BMZ USA Inc. runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, silver oxide-zinc) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

BMZ USA Inc.: 6.2 TCR = 187% of Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, silver oxide-zinc) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BMZ USA Inc. safety composite

BMZ USA Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

BMZ USA Inc. held a steady TCR band

BMZ USA Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 29.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=3.0 · 2020=29.5 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335911 · Virginia Beach, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 187% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P14
  • PHOTO 42 Eighty Four Dr
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 42 Eighty Four Dr (0.1 TCR gap)

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BMZ USA Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BMZ USA Inc. averages 6.2 TCR (187% of the Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, silver oxide-zinc) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

BMZ USA Inc. TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=3 · 2020=29.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where BMZ USA Inc. falls in its industry

161 Alkaline cell storage batterie establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
BMZ USA Inc. (42 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate BMZ USA Inc.
BMZ USA Inc. (42 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 2.1

BMZ USA Inc. has fewer employees than the Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., n median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.5 2.3 1 1 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 29.5 29.5 1 9 0
2019 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335911 · VA · Virginia Beach

161 Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, silver oxide-zinc) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 486 employers in Virginia Beach, 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 42 Eighty Four Dr 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR EnerSys Hays 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ramcar Batteries Inc 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Battery Builders, LLC 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE DSTC - CHESTER 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE RIVERFRONT PLAZA (951 E Byrd) 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE WGL VA - Shenandoah 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Twin Enterprises Inc 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Virginia Beach 8,144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Office - 01 7,774 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hii - Technical Solutions Division 4,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR STIHL Inc. 2,399 FTE
NAT-TCR American Red Cross - 3131 N Vancouver Ave 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Phx-Technical Operations 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Curtis Maruyasu America Inc 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR New England Building Supply 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE SA Recycling, Chattanooga 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Guilford House 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hickory Village 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mint Hill 42 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: 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.