Humanities research and development services · Virginia

Commonwealth of Virginia

Richmond, VA · ~485 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Commonwealth of Virginia runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Humanities research and development services workplace, earning a grade C.

Commonwealth of Virginia: 0.6 TCR = 112% of Humanities research and development services BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Commonwealth of Virginia safety composite

Commonwealth of Virginia scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−0.4

2017→2020

Commonwealth of Virginia injury rate improved

Commonwealth of Virginia's TCR fell 0.4 from 0.4 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.4 · 2018=1.3 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541720 · Richmond, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 0.6 · 112% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P70
  • PHOTO Bevilacqua Research …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~485 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bevilacqua Research Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Commonwealth of Virginia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Commonwealth of Virginia averages 0.6 TCR (112% of the Humanities research and development services BLS benchmark).

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

Commonwealth of Virginia TCR series: 2017=0.4 · 2018=1.3 · 2020=0 · BLS 0.5

Where Commonwealth of Virginia falls in its industry

23 Humanities research and develo establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Commonwealth of Virginia (485 employees, TCR 0.6) among 13 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 323 employees and a TCR of 1.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 14 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 05001,0001,500 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Commonwealth of Virginia
Commonwealth of Virginia (485 employees, TCR 0.6) among 13 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 323 employees and a TCR of 1.3

Commonwealth of Virginia has more employees than the Humanities research and development serv median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.3. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.3 0.2 6 0 0
2017 0.4 0.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541720 · VA · Richmond

23 Humanities research and development services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 939 employers in Richmond, 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 Bevilacqua Research Corporation 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Acuity Brands Lighting Decatur 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SWCA, Incorporated 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SWCA Environmental Consultants 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jenkins Services, Inc. 485 FTE
STATE-SIZE NS&E Reston Offices 486 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1730 RNDC-ASHLAND 486 FTE
STATE-SIZE Four Mile Run Bus Facility 486 FTE
CITY-NEAR VCU Health System 14,536 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia Commonwealth University 11,826 FTE
CITY-NEAR VCU 5,271 FTE
CITY-NEAR CJW Medical Center 3,259 FTE
NAT-TCR Performance Controls, Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Roadrunner Transportation Services - Cudahy 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Live Turkey - Springdale AR Ag Hatchery 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 0100- Corp Office/RM/DM 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE QPSI 485 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avita Health System Ontario Location 485 FTE
NAT-SIZE Menahsa Packaging Company - Lithia Springs 485 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kimberly Clark Corp. Nenh Cold Spring Fa 485 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: 2020, 2018, 2017. 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.