Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing · Virginia
BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg
Lynchburg, VA · ~2,180 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg: 0.8 TCR = 26% of Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg safety composite
BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 94% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% 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%).
Rising injury rate
BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg: 0.7 → 1.4 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 1.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2020
BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg's TCR rose 0.8 from 0.7 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332313 · Lynchburg, VA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 26% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #2/7
- PHOTO Mitternight Boiler W…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 94 inj
- SIZE ~2,180 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Mitternight Boiler Works (0.0 TCR gap)
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BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- YOUNGS TANK, I
YOUNGS TANK, INC.
0.9 TCR
- This site
BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg
0.8 TCR
- Mitternight Bo
Mitternight Boiler Works
0.8 TCR
- Enerfab Proces
Enerfab Process Solutions, LLC
0.8 TCR
- CMN Steel Fabr
CMN Steel Fabricators, Inc.
0.8 TCR
What this shows BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg averages 0.8 TCR (26% of the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg TCR series: 2016=0.7 · 2017=0.9 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=1.4 · BLS 3.3
Where BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg falls in its industry
449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut establishmentsSafer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 7 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut employers in Virginia.
BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg has more employees than the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punc median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 25 | 12 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332313 · VA · Lynchburg
449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Mitternight Boiler Works | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | YOUNGS TANK, INC. | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Enerfab Process Solutions, LLC | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CMN Steel Fabricators, Inc. | 0.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BWXT NOG Lynchburg | 2,200 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | VARMD - RICHMOND | 2,201 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | RICHMOND (VARMD) | 2,148 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sentara Rockingham Memorial Hospital | 2,232 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lynchburg General Hospital | 2,596 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Centra Urgent Care Forest | 1,283 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Virginia Baptist Hospital | 904 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Southern Air, Inc. | 778 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | HDET | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stiles Construction | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jules Borel & Co. | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | P & F Distributors | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon Transportation Services : OAK5 | 2,181 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ABC Liquors | 2,181 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MDW-INFLIGHT | 2,181 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Golden Nugget Lake Charles | 2,182 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.