Water treatment plants · Virginia

Fairfax County Water Authority

Name: Fairfax County Water Authority Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fairfax, VA · ~424 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fairfax County Water Authority runs at 233% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment plants workplace, earning a grade F.

Fairfax County Water Authority: 2.8 TCR = 233% of Water treatment plants BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fairfax County Water Authority safety composite

Fairfax County Water Authority scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−0.9

2016→2021

Fairfax County Water Authority injury rate improved

Fairfax County Water Authority's TCR fell 0.9 from 3.0 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.0 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Fairfax, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 2.8 · 233% of ind

DART 2.1 DART
RANK #12/27
PHOTO UTY - New York - Wes…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 61 inj
SIZE ~424 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UTY - New York - West Nyack,NY (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.8
UTY - New York

2.8
Covington Wate

2.8
Schwing Bioset

2.8
WSSC Water

2.8

What this shows Fairfax County Water Authority averages 2.8 TCR (233% of the Water treatment plants BLS benchmark).

Fairfax County Water Authority TCR series: 2016=3 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=2.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Fairfax County Water Authority falls in its industry

727 Water treatment plants establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 27 Water treatment plants employers in Virginia.

Fairfax County Water Authority (424 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Fairfax County Water Authority has more employees than the Water treatment plants median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2021	2.1	2.1	9	0
2020	2.2	1.9	10	0
2019	3.4	2.9	14	1
2018	3.4	3.1	15	0
2016	3.0	1.8	13	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · VA · Fairfax

727 Water treatment plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 226 employers in Fairfax, VA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	UTY - New York - West Nyack,NY	WEST NYACK, NY	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Covington Water District	COVINGTON, WA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Schwing Bioset	SOMERSET, WI	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WSSC Water	LAUREL, MD	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc. (Gordonsville)	GORDONSVILLE	424 FTE
STATE-SIZE	United Network for Organ Sharing	RICHMOND	424 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Plant 32 - 35	HILLSVILLE	425 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cadmus Journal Services / Cenveo Richmond	RICHMOND	425 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Inova Health System	Fairfax	2,608 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Inova Physician Group	Fairfax	2,539 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Inova Fair Oaks Hospital	Fairfax	1,153 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Northern Virginia Community College - Annandale	Fairfax	870 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sterling Avenue	Elkhart, IN	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Multisorb Technologies	Buffalo, NY	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Packaging Specialties	Romulus, MI	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Coastal Greenhouses - SC	Georgetown, SC	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Havco Wood Products, Vonore	Vonore, TN	424 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ATL - Flight Ops	Atlanta, GA	424 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Delta Faucet Company - Indianapolis	Indianapolis, IN	424 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Courage Center	Golden Valley, MN	424 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.