Exterminating services · Virginia
Bug Busters Pest Control Services, Inc.
Farmville, VA · ~53 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Bug Busters Pest Control Services, Inc. runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Exterminating services workplace, earning a grade D.
Bug Busters Pest Control Services, Inc.: 5.8 TCR = 129% of Exterminating services BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bug Busters Pest Control Services, Inc. safety composite
Bug Busters Pest Control Services, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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
−12.5
2018→2024
Bug Busters Pest Control Services, Inc. injury rate improved
Bug Busters Pest Control Services, Inc.'s TCR fell 12.5 from 17.0 in 2018 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 17.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=17.0 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=4.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 561710 · Farmville, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 129% of ind
- DART 1.5 DART
- RANK #29/50
- PHOTO BR16 Chico
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~53 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: BR16 Chico (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bug Busters Pest Control Services, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Bug Busters Pest Control Services, Inc.
5.8 TCR
- BR16 Chico
BR16 Chico
5.8 TCR
- REN150 Burling
REN150 Burlingame
5.8 TCR
- Shelbyville -
Shelbyville - 07
5.8 TCR
- Branch 249
Branch 249
5.8 TCR
What this shows Bug Busters Pest Control Services, Inc. averages 5.8 TCR (129% of the Exterminating services BLS benchmark).
Bug Busters Pest Control Services, Inc. TCR series: 2018=17 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 4.5
Where Bug Busters Pest Control Services, Inc. falls in its industry
1,655 Exterminating services establishmentsSafer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 50 Exterminating services employers in Virginia.
Bug Busters Pest Control Services, Inc. has more employees than the Exterminating services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 17.0 | 8.5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
561710 · VA · Farmville
1,655 Exterminating services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 38 employers in Farmville, 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 | BR16 Chico | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | REN150 Burlingame | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Shelbyville - 07 | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Branch 249 | 5.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Power Home Solar Chester | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GLOUCESTER | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 324-NiSource-Suffolk VA-Harbour View | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | City of Hopewell | 53 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Home Recovery-HomeAid, Inc. | 408 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1486 | 348 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1486 | 315 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4021-500085200 | 183 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | RAE Corporation | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Parents Foundation for Transitional Living, Inc | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Napa Sanitation District | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 166 Gre1000 | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Jackson Electrical Contractors Inc | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Altamont Company | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Euro USA Midwest LLC | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Satair USA Inc - Miami | 53 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.