Air filters, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Virginia
Corning Incorporated - Blacksburg Plant
Christiansburg, VA · ~447 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.8
- Avg TCR
- 5.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Corning Incorporated - Blacksburg Plant runs at 33% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Air filters, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Corning Incorporated - Blacksburg Plant: 1.8 TCR = 33% of Air filters, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Corning Incorporated - Blacksburg Plant safety composite
Corning Incorporated - Blacksburg Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% 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).
61/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% 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
−0.5
2020→2022
Corning Incorporated - Blacksburg Plant injury rate improved
Corning Incorporated - Blacksburg Plant's TCR fell 0.5 from 2.0 in 2020 to 1.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=2.0 · 2022=1.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336390 · Christiansburg, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.8 · 33% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #4/7
- PHOTO Creative Liquid Coat…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~447 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Creative Liquid Coatings, Inc. Kendallville (0.0 TCR gap)
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Corning Incorporated - Blacksburg Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Corning Incorporated - Blacksburg Plant
1.8 TCR
- Creative Liqui
Creative Liquid Coatings, Inc. Kendallville
1.8 TCR
- Technology Cen
Technology Center
1.8 TCR
- Hitachi Astemo
Hitachi Astemo
1.8 TCR
- Purem by Ebers
Purem by Eberspaecher North America - Wixom
1.8 TCR
What this shows Corning Incorporated - Blacksburg Plant averages 1.8 TCR (33% of the Air filters, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Corning Incorporated - Blacksburg Plant TCR series: 2020=2 · 2022=1.5 · BLS 5.4
Where Corning Incorporated - Blacksburg Plant falls in its industry
772 Air filters, automotive, truck establishmentsSafer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Air filters, automotive, truck employers in Virginia.
Corning Incorporated - Blacksburg Plant has more employees than the Air filters, automotive, truck, and bus, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336390 · VA · Christiansburg
772 Air filters, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 61 employers in Christiansburg, 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 | Creative Liquid Coatings, Inc. Kendallville | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Technology Center | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hitachi Astemo | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Purem by Eberspaecher North America - Wixom | 1.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | SODEXO AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY | 448 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wegmans Potomac 055 | 445 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 1833 | 445 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 3265 | 449 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Carilion Clinic New River Valley Hospital Co. 03 | 1,131 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Blacksburg | 488 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SHELOR MOTOR MILE INC | 425 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Community Housing Partners, Corp | 389 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Radial Richwood #1 | 1.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fulton Medical Clinic | 1.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shumaker Trucking and Excavating Contractors, Inc. | 1.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Georgia Infirmary | 1.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Corrpro Companies, Inc. | 447 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2904-ASM-WA | 447 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Perrigo : Michigan-Holland (PMH) | 447 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 115605-Manasota Fl P&Dc | 447 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.