Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers · Virginia

IMS Gear VA

Virginia Beach, VA · ~270 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

IMS Gear VA runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

IMS Gear VA: 2.5 TCR = 114% of Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IMS Gear VA safety composite

IMS Gear VA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.07 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

−514.9

2017→2022

IMS Gear VA injury rate improved

IMS Gear VA's TCR fell 514.9 from 518.0 in 2017 to 3.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 518.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=518.0 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423120 · Virginia Beach, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 114% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #8/15
  • PHOTO Troy
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~270 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Troy (0.0 TCR gap)

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IMS Gear VA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows IMS Gear VA averages 2.5 TCR (114% of the Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

IMS Gear VA TCR series: 2017=518 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=2 · 2022=3.1 · BLS 2.2

Where IMS Gear VA falls in its industry

950 Automotive parts, new, merchan establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 15 Automotive parts, new, merchan employers in Virginia.

IMS Gear VA (270 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate IMS Gear VA
IMS Gear VA (270 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7

IMS Gear VA has more employees than the Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 3.1 3.1 6 0 0
2021 2.0 2.0 4 0 0
2020 1.6 1.3 4 1 0
2019 2.9 1.6 9 0 0
2018 2.9 2.9 9 0 0
2017 518.0 453.2 6 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423120 · VA · Virginia Beach

950 Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 486 employers in Virginia Beach, 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 Troy 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ford Accessories of Pittsburgh 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Western Power Sports Ashley 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 055/Baltimore 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shearer's Foods - BVA 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE Masco Cabinetry 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0227 - NEWINGTON VA WHSE 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE NPL East LLC - Virginia 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Virginia Beach 8,144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Office - 01 7,774 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hii - Technical Solutions Division 4,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR STIHL Inc. 2,399 FTE
NAT-TCR Heartland Steel Products 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR IHG Army Hotels - Fort Benning (Army Lodging) 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR WV-Quincy SNF OPCO, LLC 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Port Austin 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Abbey Delray 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bluestem Brands Distribution Center 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0669 - Southlake Tx Whse 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0735 - West Bountiful Ut Whse 270 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. 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.