Dumps, nonhazardous solid waste (e.g., trash) · Virginia

First Piedmont Corporation

Name: First Piedmont Corporation Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chatham, VA · ~84 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 3.5
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Piedmont Corporation runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dumps, nonhazardous solid waste (e.g., trash) workplace, earning a grade D.

First Piedmont Corporation: 3.5 TCR = 134% of Dumps, nonhazardous solid waste (e.g., trash) BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Piedmont Corporation safety composite

First Piedmont Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

Rising injury rate

First Piedmont Corporation: 1.3 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 7.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.7× in 2022

First Piedmont Corporation's TCR rose 1.2 from 1.3 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562212 · Chatham, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 134% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #7/15
PHOTO S04111 - Security RDF
BOOK 7y book
INJ 19 inj
SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04111 - Security RDF (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.5

What this shows First Piedmont Corporation averages 3.5 TCR (134% of the Dumps, nonhazardous solid waste (e.g., trash) BLS benchmark).

First Piedmont Corporation TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=7.1 · 2022=2.5 · BLS 2.6

Where First Piedmont Corporation falls in its industry

288 Dumps, nonhazardous solid wast establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 15 Dumps, nonhazardous solid wast employers in Virginia.

First Piedmont Corporation (84 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 3.9

First Piedmont Corporation has more employees than the Dumps, nonhazardous solid waste (e.g., t median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2022	2.5	2.5	2	0
2021	7.1	5.0	5	2
2020	2.4	1.2	1	1
2019	3.8	2.5	3	0
2018	3.9	3.9	3	0
2017	3.6	1.8	4	0
2016	1.3	1.3	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562212 · VA · Chatham

288 Dumps, nonhazardous solid waste (e.g., trash) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 19 employers in Chatham, 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	S04111 - Security RDF	CLEVELAND, TX	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ecosouth services of Mobile LLC	AXIS, AL	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S04816 - Refuse, Inc - Lockwood Landfill	SPARKS, NV	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	M&M Sanitation	STANFORD, KY	3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	EXCEL PAVING CORPORATION	NORFOLK	84 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Technopref Industries	ALEXANDRIA	84 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Atlantic Company of America, Inc.	ALEXANDRIA	84 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Woodson (Central Operations) Support Center	FAIRFAX	84 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Green Rock Correctional Center	Chatham	276 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Davenport Energy, Inc.	Chatham	167 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Columbia Forest Products - Chatham Mill	Chatham	161 FTE
CITY-NEAR	00464 - STORE # 464 CHATHAM	Chatham	87 FTE
NAT-TCR	Canton Distribution Center	Canton, MS	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	481 - Shelby Township	Shelby Township, MI	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	557 - Westchase	Houston, TX	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	816 - EFC3 Edgewood, MD	Edgewood, MD	3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Pebble Creek Golf Club	Becker, MN	84 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mystic	Charlestown, MA	84 FTE
NAT-SIZE	OlympiaTech Electric	Plymouth, MN	84 FTE
NAT-SIZE	O'Connell Elementary School	East Hartford, CT	84 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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