Toxic material removal contractors · Virginia

First Call Environmental

Ashland, VA · ~170 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

First Call Environmental runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Toxic material removal contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

First Call Environmental: 1.3 TCR = 52% of Toxic material removal contractors BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Call Environmental safety composite

First Call Environmental scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.3

2020→2024

First Call Environmental injury rate improved

First Call Environmental's TCR fell 4.3 from 4.3 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562910 · Ashland, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.3 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/12
  • PHOTO PENCO AK
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~170 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PENCO AK (0.0 TCR gap)

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First Call Environmental in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows First Call Environmental averages 1.3 TCR (52% of the Toxic material removal contractors BLS benchmark).

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

First Call Environmental TCR series: 2020=4.3 · 2021=0 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where First Call Environmental falls in its industry

672 Toxic material removal contrac establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 12 Toxic material removal contrac employers in Virginia.

First Call Environmental (170 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 1.8 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate First Call Environmental
First Call Environmental (170 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 1.8

First Call Environmental has more employees than the Toxic material removal contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.8. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.3 4.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562910 · VA · Ashland

672 Toxic material removal contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 134 employers in Ashland, 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 PENCO AK 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lewis Environmental, LLC Corporate 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Integrated Resources Inc 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cornerstone Environmental Contractors, Inc 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Flowers Baking of Norfolk 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE Custom Truck Lynchburg, Virginia 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE TSVA 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2918 LOWE S OF PRINCE GEORGE VA 170 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon Transportation Services : RIC5 1,187 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - RIC5 1,077 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1730 RNDC-ASHLAND 486 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4609-1730 468 FTE
NAT-TCR SC Builders inc 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Raleigh Cpo 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Garden City NY 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Michelin Tweel Technologies 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Golf Warehouse 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE EAC-6260A Northeast Paving 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE BrandSafway LLC - ExxonMobil Chemical - Baytown 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 148 170 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, 2021, 2020. 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.