Sawmills · Virginia

Chips, Inc.

Troy, VA · ~78 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chips, Inc. runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade F.

Chips, Inc.: 7.6 TCR = 231% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chips, Inc. safety composite

Chips, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−11.9

2017→2024

Chips, Inc. injury rate improved

Chips, Inc.'s TCR fell 11.9 from 16.1 in 2017 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.1 · 2018=4.0 · 2020=8.0 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Troy, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 231% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #24/35
  • PHOTO Buffalo Lumber Tie
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Buffalo Lumber Tie (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chips, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chips, Inc. averages 7.6 TCR (231% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).

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

Chips, Inc. TCR series: 2017=16.1 · 2018=4 · 2020=8 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Chips, Inc. falls in its industry

905 Sawmills establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 35 Sawmills employers in Virginia.

Chips, Inc. (78 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Chips, Inc.
Chips, Inc. (78 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Chips, Inc. has more employees than the Sawmills median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 4.2 2.1 4 0 0
2023 8.5 3.2 8 0 0
2022 5.7 1.1 5 0 0
2021 6.9 2.9 7 0 0
2020 8.0 4.0 8 0 0
2018 4.0 4.0 4 0 0
2017 16.1 2.3 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · VA · Troy

905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 15 employers in Troy, 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 Buffalo Lumber Tie 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rockbridge Sawmill 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hancock Lumber Company- Casco Sawmill 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gutchess Freedom Incorporated 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE TIS - VA - Emporia 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Electric Company 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tolley ELectrical Corp 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ostrom Electrical Contracting Inc 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women 340 FTE
CITY-NEAR Caton Construction Group, Inc. 187 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zion Crossroads Recycling Park LLC 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fielder's Choice Enterprises 107 FTE
NAT-TCR Cherry School 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Cleveland 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Caledonia Spirits 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR California Die Casting, Inc. 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Thermosystems, LLC. 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Georgetowne Place 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peoples Home Health 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sterling Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center 78 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.