Retail Hardware Stores · Virginia

Galax, Va #03131

Galax, VA · ~16 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Galax, Va #03131 runs at 224% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retail Hardware Stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Galax, Va #03131: 7.6 TCR = 224% of Retail Hardware Stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Galax, Va #03131 safety composite

Galax, Va #03131 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−9.5

2020→2023

Galax, Va #03131 injury rate improved

Galax, Va #03131's TCR fell 9.5 from 20.0 in 2020 to 10.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 20.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=20.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=10.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Galax, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 224% of ind

  • DART 10.5 DART
  • RANK #11/23
  • PHOTO HOUSTON ALDINE, TX #…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HOUSTON ALDINE, TX #03047 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Galax, Va #03131 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Galax, Va #03131 averages 7.6 TCR (224% of the Retail Hardware Stores BLS benchmark).

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

Galax, Va #03131 TCR series: 2020=20 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=10.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Galax, Va #03131 falls in its industry

1,493 Retail Hardware Stores establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 23 Retail Hardware Stores employers in Virginia.

Galax, Va #03131 (16 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Galax, Va #03131
Galax, Va #03131 (16 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Galax, Va #03131 has fewer employees than the Retail Hardware Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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 Fatalities
2023 10.5 10.5 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 20.0 20.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · VA · Galax

1,493 Retail Hardware Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 31 employers in Galax, VA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR HOUSTON ALDINE, TX #03047 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Friedman Brothers Hardware INC 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SURPRISE, AZ #00663 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atwoods 60 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE SVO Operation- Harrisonburg VA 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monument 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE C.W. Brinkley, Inc. 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Balfour Beatty - Lake Kilby WTP 16 FTE
CITY-NEAR DLP TWIN COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTHCARE LLC 462 FTE
CITY-NEAR Twin Co Regional Hospital 390 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1023 375 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1023 359 FTE
NAT-TCR Henry Schein - FLFTL 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mt. Olympus Enterprises Inc 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Palm Technology 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Atascadero Pet Hospital and Emergency Center 7.6 TCR

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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.