General services departments, government · Virginia
City of Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, VA · ~8,144 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 11
- Fatalities
The verdict
City of Virginia Beach runs at 201% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.4
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 11
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares City of Virginia Beach's OSHA Total Case Rate of 6.4 to the General services departments, government BLS benchmark of 3.2 (201% of benchmark) across 4 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
City of Virginia Beach's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.2 industry benchmark.
Where City of Virginia Beach falls in its industry
1,747 General services departments, establishmentsSafer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #58 safest of 81 General services departments, employers in Virginia.
Trend analysis for City of Virginia Beach
Between 2017 and 2020, City of Virginia Beach's Total Case Rate improved from 7.5 to 5.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 34% decrease across 3 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 5.0, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 7.5, a spread of 2.5 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 4 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 4 reporting years, City of Virginia Beach recorded 1,757 total injuries and illnesses and 11 fatalities. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 4-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 1,757 injuries, 190 illnesses, and 11 fatalities shown on this page for City of Virginia Beach are sourced from its own 4 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 921190 - General services departments, government.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2020)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
292 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 14,208,480 hours worked = 4.11 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| City of Virginia Beach (this establishment) | 6.43 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Civil rights commissions industry avg | 3.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 921190 |
| Virginia state avg (all industries) | 4.16 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by City of Virginia Beach to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2020: 353 reportable incidents · 334 injuries, 19 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 547 reportable incidents · 445 injuries, 91 illnesses, 11 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 466 reportable incidents · 444 injuries, 22 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 592 reportable incidents · 534 injuries, 58 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 334 | 19 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 445 | 91 | 11 |
| 2018 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 444 | 22 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 534 | 58 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on City of Virginia Beach's reported OSHA injury record versus its General services departments, government peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 201% of the General services departments, government benchmark, City of Virginia Beach reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider General services departments, government sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.