Belt conveyor systems manufacturing · Virginia

BW Container Systems - Lynchburg, VA

Name: BW Container Systems - Lynchburg, VA Workplace Safety Data
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Lynchburg, VA · ~100 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

BW Container Systems - Lynchburg, VA runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Belt conveyor systems manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

BW Container Systems - Lynchburg, VA: 2.1 TCR = 64% of Belt conveyor systems manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BW Container Systems - Lynchburg, VA safety composite

BW Container Systems - Lynchburg, VA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

BW Container Systems - Lynchburg, VA held a steady TCR band

BW Container Systems - Lynchburg, VA's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.6 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2017=0.8 · 2019=2.8 · 2021=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333922 · Lynchburg, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 64% of ind

DART 1.1 DART
RANK #1/7
PHOTO Systems Germantown
BOOK 4y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Systems Germantown (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows BW Container Systems - Lynchburg, VA averages 2.1 TCR (64% of the Belt conveyor systems manufacturing BLS benchmark).

BW Container Systems - Lynchburg, VA TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=0.8 · 2019=2.8 · 2021=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where BW Container Systems - Lynchburg, VA falls in its industry

361 Belt conveyor systems manufact establishments

Safer than 66% 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 #1 safest of 7 Belt conveyor systems manufact employers in Virginia.

BW Container Systems - Lynchburg, VA (100 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.5

BW Container Systems - Lynchburg, VA has more employees than the Belt conveyor systems manufacturing 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
2021	2.2	1.1	2
2019	2.8	2.8	3
2017	0.8	0.0	1
2016	2.6	2.6	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333922 · VA · Lynchburg

361 Belt conveyor systems manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 360 employers in Lynchburg, 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	Systems Germantown	GERMANTOWN, WI	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Smalley Manufacturing Co., Inc.	KNOXVILLE, TN	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mayfran International	CLEVELAND, OH	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lewco Inc.	SANDUSKY, OH	2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	GreenWood, Inc. - Merck	ELKTON	100 FTE
STATE-SIZE	USA VA Richmond	RICHMOND	100 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Southland Insulators, Inc.	MANASSAS	100 FTE
STATE-SIZE	General Excavation, Inc.	WARRENTON	100 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lynchburg General Hospital	Lynchburg	2,596 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BWXT NOG Lynchburg	Lynchburg	2,200 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg	Lynchburg	2,180 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Centra Urgent Care Forest	Lynchburg	1,283 FTE
NAT-TCR	SSNA - 301 Mid America Blvd.	Hot Springs,, AR	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	General Mills Inc. - Cedar Rapids Plant	Cedar Rapids, IA	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pontotoc LTC Inc	Pontotoc, MS	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dot Foods, Inc.- AZ	Bullhead, AZ	2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	North Shore Estates	Duluth, MN	100 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Curtiss Wright EPD	Behtlehem, PA	100 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gemini Coatings, Inc.	El Reno, OK	100 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Dyson Corporation	Painesville, OH	100 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: 2021, 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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