Canal, irrigation · Virginia

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities

Name: City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Harrisonburg, VA · ~45 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.1
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities runs at 594% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Canal, irrigation workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities: 7.1 TCR = 594% of Canal, irrigation BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities safety composite

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−4.4

2016→2017

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities injury rate improved

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities's TCR fell 4.4 from 9.4 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.4 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.4 · 2017=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 594% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #22/27
PHOTO WATER ADMIN 1530 S W…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WATER ADMIN 1530 S WEST TEMPLE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Utiliti

7.2
This site

7.1
WATER ADMIN 15

7.1
Portland Water

7.1
Hallsdale-Powe

7.1

What this shows City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities averages 7.1 TCR (594% of the Canal, irrigation BLS benchmark).

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities TCR series: 2016=9.4 · 2017=4.9 · BLS 1.2

Where City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities falls in its industry

727 Canal, irrigation establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 27 Canal, irrigation employers in Virginia.

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (45 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities has fewer employees than the Canal, irrigation median and a higher 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
2017	4.9	2.5	2	0	0
2016	9.4	7.0	4	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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	WATER ADMIN 1530 S WEST TEMPLE	SALT LAKE CITY, UT	7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Portland Water Burueau Resource Protection	PORTLAND, OR	7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hallsdale-Powell Utility District (Operations Building)	KNOXVILLE, TN	7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Public Utilities	HENDERSONVILLE, NC	7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	VA09S-SEL-VIRGINIA SERVICE ROOM	HARRISONBURG	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GREENSVILLE COUNTY POWER STATION	EMPORIA	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Farmville Public Works	FARMVILLE	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Carroll Construction Co.	WINCHESTER	45 FTE
CITY-NEAR	James Madison University	Harrisonburg	6,991 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Harrisonburg Processing	Harrisonburg	4,130 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sentara Rockingham Memorial Hospital	Harrisonburg	2,232 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Harrisonburg North Facility	Harrisonburg	953 FTE
NAT-TCR	0732 - Dubois, Pa	Dubois, PA	7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Able WeldBuilt Industries, Inc.	Deer Park, NY	7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	AmeriGas - ACE - Conroe, TX (PC)	Conroe, TX	7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	C2110 - C-2 Portland	Portland, OR	7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	ADS Waverly	Waverly, NY	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	A.P. Eberlein Co., Inc.	Longmont, CO	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Advance Transit, Inc.	Wilder, VT	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Clean Venture Inc. - Clayton	Clayton, NJ	45 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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