Surgical stapling devices manufacturing · Virginia

Intuitive Blacksburg

Blacksburg, VA · ~121 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Intuitive Blacksburg runs at 12% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Surgical stapling devices manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Intuitive Blacksburg: 0.4 TCR = 12% of Surgical stapling devices manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Intuitive Blacksburg safety composite

Intuitive Blacksburg scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−0.8

2023→2024

Intuitive Blacksburg injury rate improved

Intuitive Blacksburg's TCR fell 0.8 from 0.8 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=0.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339112 · Blacksburg, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 12% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Intuitive Surgical D…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Intuitive Surgical Durham (0.0 TCR gap)

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Intuitive Blacksburg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Intuitive Blacksburg averages 0.4 TCR (12% of the Surgical stapling devices manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Intuitive Blacksburg TCR series: 2023=0.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Intuitive Blacksburg falls in its industry

741 Surgical stapling devices manu establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

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 Surgical stapling devices manu employers in Virginia.

Intuitive Blacksburg (121 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Intuitive Blacksburg
Intuitive Blacksburg (121 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Intuitive Blacksburg has fewer employees than the Surgical stapling devices manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.8 0.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339112 · VA · Blacksburg

741 Surgical stapling devices manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 45 employers in Blacksburg, 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 Intuitive Surgical Durham 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nevro 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Daytona Beach (Mason), FL 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR LSI Solutions, Inc. 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brothers Pro-Pave LLC 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roanoke Plant 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE La Playa Inc. of VA dba LPI Technical Services 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4601 FAIRFAX 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR New River Valley Community Services 780 FTE
CITY-NEAR Moog, Inc - Blacksburg Central 691 FTE
CITY-NEAR LewisGale Hospital Mongomery 525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Mogul Blacksburg 518 FTE
NAT-TCR Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials AZ 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR CVRx, Inc. 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR R.A.D. Fabrication, LLC 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bell - Plant 3 - CDC 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE National Magnetics Group, Inc. 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elliott Electrical, Inc. 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Automated Logic Controls (Southeast) 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant Landover Store 2311 121 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.

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