National Guard · Virginia

Department of Military Affairs

Blackstone, VA · ~406 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Department of Military Affairs runs at 277% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical National Guard workplace, earning a grade F.

Department of Military Affairs: 8.9 TCR = 277% of National Guard BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Department of Military Affairs safety composite

Department of Military Affairs scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 7% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).

F

4/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−2.1

2017→2021

Department of Military Affairs injury rate improved

Department of Military Affairs's TCR fell 2.1 from 13.5 in 2017 to 11.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.5 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=5.2 · 2021=11.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 928110 · Blackstone, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.9 · 277% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Camp Rilea
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 120 inj
  • SIZE ~406 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Camp Rilea (1.1 TCR gap)

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Department of Military Affairs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Department of Military Affairs averages 8.9 TCR (277% of the National Guard BLS benchmark).

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

Department of Military Affairs TCR series: 2017=13.5 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=5.2 · 2021=11.3 · BLS 3.2

Where Department of Military Affairs falls in its industry

36 National Guard establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 National Guard employers in Virginia.

Department of Military Affairs (406 employees, TCR 8.9) among 16 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 2.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 17 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Department of Military Affairs
Department of Military Affairs (406 employees, TCR 8.9) among 16 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Department of Military Affairs has more employees than the National Guard median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2021 11.3 6.8 30 18 1
2019 5.2 3.3 18 4 0
2018 5.4 4.3 20 3 0
2017 13.5 5.9 52 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

928110 · VA · Blackstone

36 National Guard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 20 employers in Blackstone, 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 Camp Rilea 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Military Affairs --- State Active Duty (SAD) 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Camp Dodge 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Military Affairs - Camp Ripley Training Center 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kraft Heinz Company 406 FTE
STATE-SIZE VA Distribution VSC 406 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berryville Graphics 405 FTE
STATE-SIZE Klockner Pentaplast of America Gordonsville 405 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia Army National Guard 554 FTE
CITY-NEAR HCI Management Services Company 1 207 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heritage Hall Blackstone 184 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2645 169 FTE
NAT-TCR Kennebec Lumber Company 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Elk Grove 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR American Yeast Corp. 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR HG493 8.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE CCK Construction Services Inc. 406 FTE
NAT-SIZE MTK01, Applied Materials, Semi Tool Main 406 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carmel Clay Board of Parks and Recreation 406 FTE
NAT-SIZE TNT Crust Elizabeth 406 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: 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.