Bleaching textile products, apparel, and fabrics · Virginia

Darco Southern 1-2

Independence, VA · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Darco Southern 1-2 runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bleaching textile products, apparel, and fabrics workplace, earning a grade A.

Darco Southern 1-2: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Bleaching textile products, apparel, and fabrics BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Darco Southern 1-2 safety composite

Darco Southern 1-2 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Darco Southern 1-2: 0.0 → 2.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.99× in 2024

Darco Southern 1-2's TCR rose 2.8 from 0.0 in 2023 to 2.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313310 · Independence, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK P80
  • PHOTO Glen Raven Custom Fa…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Glen Raven Custom Fabrics - Burnsville Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Virginia employers → · Look up another →

Darco Southern 1-2 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Darco Southern 1-2 averages 1.4 TCR (42% of the Bleaching textile products, apparel, and fabrics BLS benchmark).

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

Darco Southern 1-2 TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Darco Southern 1-2 falls in its industry

166 Bleaching textile products, ap establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Darco Southern 1-2 (32 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Darco Southern 1-2
Darco Southern 1-2 (32 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Darco Southern 1-2 has fewer employees than the Bleaching textile products, apparel, and 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
2024 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313310 · VA · Independence

166 Bleaching textile products, apparel, and fabrics employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 8 employers in Independence, 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 Glen Raven Custom Fabrics - Burnsville Plant 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crypton LLC 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Global 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR BORDER APPAREL LAUNDRY LTD 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ayrshire Farm Management, LC 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE BIRDSONG CORPORATION-FRANKLIN/SOUTHAMPTON 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES : Southampton 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Christiansburg Svc Ctr 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR River North Correctional Center 330 FTE
CITY-NEAR Woodgrain Millwork 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Core Health & Fitness, LLC - Virginia 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR Food City Store #866 50 FTE
NAT-TCR HVJ North Texas - Chelliah Consultants, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Pexco, LLC - Athol 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Allen's NuTech, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Phillips Brothers Construction, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 5012 - Oklahoma City Landfill 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3054-Fremont 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holiday Inn Express & Suites Ocean City Northside 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Green Cover - Bladen 32 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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