Repair, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway · Virginia
City of Galax Public Works
Galax, VA · ~27 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
City of Galax Public Works runs at 290% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Repair, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway workplace, earning a grade F.
City of Galax Public Works: 8.1 TCR = 290% of Repair, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
City of Galax Public Works safety composite
City of Galax Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 12.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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%).
Rising injury rate
City of Galax Public Works: 4.0 → 12.6 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 19.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.55× in 2021
City of Galax Public Works's TCR rose 8.6 from 4.0 in 2016 to 12.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 19.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Galax, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 290% of ind
- DART 12.6 DART
- RANK #120/141
- PHOTO D8 Jerseyville Yard
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~27 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: D8 Jerseyville Yard (0.0 TCR gap)
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City of Galax Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- SLATE HILL CON
SLATE HILL CONSTRUCTORS INC
8.2 TCR
- This site
City of Galax Public Works
8.1 TCR
- D8 Jerseyville
D8 Jerseyville Yard
8.1 TCR
- Oregon Mainlin
Oregon Mainline Paving, LLC
8.1 TCR
- Bow, NH Office
Bow, NH Office
8.1 TCR
What this shows City of Galax Public Works averages 8.1 TCR (290% of the Repair, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway BLS benchmark).
City of Galax Public Works TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=4 · 2018=19.2 · 2019=5 · 2020=4 · 2021=12.6 · BLS 2.8
Where City of Galax Public Works falls in its industry
4,078 Repair, highway, road, street, establishmentsSafer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #120 safest of 141 Repair, highway, road, street, employers in Virginia.
City of Galax Public Works has fewer employees than the Repair, highway, road, street, bridge or median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 19.2 | 3.8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · VA · Galax
4,078 Repair, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 31 employers in Galax, 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 | D8 Jerseyville Yard | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Oregon Mainline Paving, LLC | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bow, NH Office | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SLATE HILL CONSTRUCTORS INC | 8.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Temperanceville Hatchery | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Degesch America Weyers Cave | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Potomac Energy Center, LLC | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rocky Mount Ofc and Svc Ctr | 27 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DLP TWIN COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTHCARE LLC | 462 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Twin Co Regional Hospital | 390 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1023 | 375 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1023 | 359 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | SCI Galena, LLC | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clark Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jewell Care Center of Denver | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Super Stop & Shop 0594 | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company - Houston | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AH4R - Chicago | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Montana Dakota Utilities - Williston, ND(2) | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Montana Dakota Utilities - Sheridan, WY | 27 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.