Food service contractors, cafeteria · Virginia

Bowhead Base Operations

Name: Bowhead Base Operations Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Springfield, VA · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.9
Avg TCR: 3.0
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Bowhead Base Operations runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Food service contractors, cafeteria workplace, earning a grade B.

Bowhead Base Operations: 1.9 TCR = 62% of Food service contractors, cafeteria BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bowhead Base Operations safety composite

Bowhead Base Operations scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Bowhead Base Operations: 0.0 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2023

Bowhead Base Operations's TCR rose 3.7 from 0.0 in 2022 to 3.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Springfield, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 62% of ind

DART 3.7 DART
RANK #63/212
PHOTO ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Bowhead Base Operations averages 1.9 TCR (62% of the Food service contractors, cafeteria BLS benchmark).

Bowhead Base Operations TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=3.7 · BLS 3.0

Where Bowhead Base Operations falls in its industry

6,952 Food service contractors, cafe establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #63 safest of 212 Food service contractors, cafe employers in Virginia.

Bowhead Base Operations (24 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Bowhead Base Operations has fewer employees than the Food service contractors, cafeteria median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023	3.7	3.7	1	0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · VA · Springfield

6,952 Food service contractors, cafeteria employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 117 employers in Springfield, 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	ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S	LITTLE ROCK, AR	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mt St Marys Chalon	LOS ANGELES, CA	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MAMM FOOD COURT	CROWLEY LAKE, CA	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SODEXO AT ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY DINING	MIAMI GARDENS, FL	1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Day Center/Community Services	CHANTILLY	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CVA	MIDLOTHIAN	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WARRENTON_1386448	WARRENTON	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	VA-Winchester-Field Office	WINCHESTER	24 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Global Specialty Fulfillment : UVA1	Springfield	1,567 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Energy Zone Center	Springfield	1,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FCPS - Food and Nutrition Services	Springfield	1,445 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Greenspring Village	Springfield	957 FTE
NAT-TCR	ER2 Mesa	Mesa, AZ	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Unit #2885	Pasadena, TX	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Unit #2346	Asheville, NC	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Unit #2102	Annapolis, MD	1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc 39S5	Rancho Dominguez, CA	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PnP St. Louis	St. Louis, MO	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tony's Plumbing Service	Modesto, CA	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	C&B - Hoodco Bellefonte, PA 460	Bellefonte, PA	24 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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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.