Biomass electric power generation · Virginia

Hopewell Power Station

Hopewell, VA · ~34 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hopewell Power Station runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Biomass electric power generation workplace, earning a grade D.

Hopewell Power Station: 2.2 TCR = 183% of Biomass electric power generation BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hopewell Power Station safety composite

Hopewell Power Station scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−2.7

2016→2022

Hopewell Power Station injury rate improved

Hopewell Power Station's TCR fell 2.7 from 2.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.7 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221117 · Hopewell, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.2 · 183% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Piedmont Green Power…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Piedmont Green Power LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Hopewell Power Station in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hopewell Power Station averages 2.2 TCR (183% of the Biomass electric power generation BLS benchmark).

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

Hopewell Power Station TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Hopewell Power Station falls in its industry

54 Biomass electric power generat establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

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 4 Biomass electric power generat employers in Virginia.

Hopewell Power Station (34 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 28 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Hopewell Power Station
Hopewell Power Station (34 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 28 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Hopewell Power Station has more employees than the Biomass electric power generation median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.9 0.0 1 0 0
2016 2.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221117 · VA · Hopewell

54 Biomass electric power generation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 41 employers in Hopewell, 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 Piedmont Green Power LLC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ReEnergy Stratton LLC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Ultrapower Chinese Station 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Novo Power 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Blue Ridge Aquaculture 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Williams Logging Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE BEAR GARDEN 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE INGENCO/CCI Dabney 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hopewell VA12 772 FTE
CITY-NEAR TriCities Hospital 568 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Randolph Medical Center 409 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4505 Hopewell Mill 304 FTE
NAT-TCR Main 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Frio Distributing LLC 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Corning Life Sciences - Durham 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR UGI Utilities Lancaster 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE FARWEST INSULATION CONTRACTING - Sparks 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ankeny DC 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG664 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4795-PD-DRO-DURANGO-DRO-PDMT 34 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, 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.