Autotransformers manufacturing · Virginia

DSE

Lynchburg, VA · ~442 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DSE runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Autotransformers manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

DSE: 4.1 TCR = 124% of Autotransformers manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DSE safety composite

DSE scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−1.0

2018→2021

DSE injury rate improved

DSE's TCR fell 1.0 from 4.6 in 2018 to 3.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.6 · 2021=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335311 · Lynchburg, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 124% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #8/10
  • PHOTO Ritz Instrument Tran…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~442 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ritz Instrument Transformers, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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DSE in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DSE averages 4.1 TCR (124% of the Autotransformers manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

DSE TCR series: 2018=4.6 · 2021=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where DSE falls in its industry

141 Autotransformers manufacturing establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 10 Autotransformers manufacturing employers in Virginia.

DSE (442 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate DSE
DSE (442 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.6

DSE has more employees than the Autotransformers manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 3.6 3.2 18 0 0
2018 4.6 4.2 23 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335311 · VA · Lynchburg

141 Autotransformers manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 360 employers in Lynchburg, 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 Ritz Instrument Transformers, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Instrument Transformer Equipment Corporation 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hyosung HICO 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc. 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE 4186-DC203 442 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steel Dynamics Roanoke Bar Division 441 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5488 441 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Region Medical, Inc. 440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lynchburg General Hospital 2,596 FTE
CITY-NEAR BWXT NOG Lynchburg 2,200 FTE
CITY-NEAR BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg 2,180 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centra Urgent Care Forest 1,283 FTE
NAT-TCR Woodcraft Industries - Orwell 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR QuVa Pharma Temple 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Drivers Management LLC/Over the Road Drivers 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Police; Court; Code Enforcement 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Austell EM 442 FTE
NAT-SIZE Danone Minster OH 442 FTE
NAT-SIZE ClubCorp 442 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6458-ZMRT 442 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.