Hardware Merchant Wholesales · Virginia

Branch 62

Ashland, VA · ~44 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Branch 62 runs at 216% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardware Merchant Wholesales workplace, earning a grade F.

Branch 62: 4.8 TCR = 216% of Hardware Merchant Wholesales BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Branch 62 safety composite

Branch 62 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.09 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.3

2022→2023

Branch 62 injury rate improved

Branch 62's TCR fell 1.3 from 5.4 in 2022 to 4.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.4 · 2023=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423710 · Ashland, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.8 · 216% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO pewag Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: pewag Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Branch 62 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Branch 62 averages 4.8 TCR (216% of the Hardware Merchant Wholesales BLS benchmark).

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

Branch 62 TCR series: 2022=5.4 · 2023=4.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Branch 62 falls in its industry

449 Hardware Merchant Wholesales establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Hardware Merchant Wholesales employers in Virginia.

Branch 62 (44 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 Branch 62
Branch 62 (44 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Branch 62 has fewer employees than the Hardware Merchant Wholesales median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2022 5.4 5.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423710 · VA · Ashland

449 Hardware Merchant Wholesales employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 134 employers in Ashland, 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 pewag Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CE&I Division - PLANO TX 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Custom Service Hardware LLC 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harrisburg Repair Center 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE DSTC CHESTER 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harrisonburg Electric Commission 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE TIS VA Culpeper 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avis Construction Company 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon Transportation Services : RIC5 1,187 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - RIC5 1,077 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1730 RNDC-ASHLAND 486 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4609-1730 468 FTE
NAT-TCR Stark Exterminators 3041 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4223-M2500 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Les Schwab Tire Center-Hillsboro 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Home Health Services Youngstown 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ridgewood Specialty Care 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Glenwood 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Compassus - Neenah 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dominion Richmond, LLC 44 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.