Medical laboratories (except radiological, X-ray) · Virginia

Inova Central Lab

Fairfax, VA · ~329 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Inova Central Lab runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Medical laboratories (except radiological, X-ray) workplace, earning a grade B.

Inova Central Lab: 2.6 TCR = 69% of Medical laboratories (except radiological, X-ray) BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Inova Central Lab safety composite

Inova Central Lab scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−3.2

2023→2024

Inova Central Lab injury rate improved

Inova Central Lab's TCR fell 3.2 from 4.2 in 2023 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.2 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621511 · Fairfax, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 69% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Accurate Diagnostic …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~329 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Accurate Diagnostic Lab (0.0 TCR gap)

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Inova Central Lab in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Inova Central Lab averages 2.6 TCR (69% of the Medical laboratories (except radiological, X-ray) BLS benchmark).

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

Inova Central Lab TCR series: 2023=4.2 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.8

Where Inova Central Lab falls in its industry

162 Medical laboratories (except r establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Medical laboratories (except r employers in Virginia.

Inova Central Lab (329 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Inova Central Lab
Inova Central Lab (329 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Inova Central Lab has more employees than the Medical laboratories (except radiologica median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 1.0 0.3 3 0 0
2023 4.2 0.7 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621511 · VA · Fairfax

162 Medical laboratories (except radiological, X-ray) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 226 employers in Fairfax, 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 Accurate Diagnostic Lab 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ambry Genetics - 7 Argonaut 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Piedmont Pathology Associates Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Vision Medical Lab 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Carvana Chesterfield 329 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1301 329 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1344 329 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Age Protection, Inc. 329 FTE
CITY-NEAR Inova Health System 2,608 FTE
CITY-NEAR Inova Physician Group 2,539 FTE
CITY-NEAR Inova Fair Oaks Hospital 1,153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Virginia Community College - Annandale 870 FTE
NAT-TCR Cafan - Scs Tamarind High Distribution 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Richland 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CT Mechanical, LLC 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pratt (Target Container), Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sportsman Boats 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eataly Silicon Valley 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5641 Tracy Rdc 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific College of Health and Science 329 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. 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.