Canal, irrigation · Virginia

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations)

Harrisonburg, VA · ~54 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations) runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Canal, irrigation workplace, earning a grade D.

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations): 2.1 TCR = 176% of Canal, irrigation BLS 1.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations) safety composite

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.3

2018→2024

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations) injury rate improved

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations)'s TCR fell 6.3 from 6.3 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.3 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Harrisonburg, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.1 · 176% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/27
  • PHOTO Gene Pumping Plant
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gene Pumping Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations) averages 2.1 TCR (176% of the Canal, irrigation BLS benchmark).

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

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations) TCR series: 2018=6.3 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations) falls in its industry

727 Canal, irrigation establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 27 Canal, irrigation employers in Virginia.

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations) (54 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations)
City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations) (54 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations) has more employees than the Canal, irrigation median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2018 6.3 4.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · VA · Harrisonburg

727 Canal, irrigation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 171 employers in Harrisonburg, 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 Gene Pumping Plant 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Works 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bonita Springs - OMI 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR KEARNS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Harrisonburg Headquarters 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE George's Virginia Grow Out 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atlantic Builders Office 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lantz Construction Co. of Winchester, Inc. 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR James Madison University 6,991 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harrisonburg Processing 4,130 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sentara Rockingham Memorial Hospital 2,232 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harrisonburg North Facility 953 FTE
NAT-TCR Mill Creek 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 4068 Alma College 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Life Care Center of Brookfield 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR RES Main 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Union 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pauma Valley 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hytech Roofing, INC 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fayette Janitorial LLC- George's Springdale 54 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, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.