Mechanical contractors · Virginia

James River Mechanical Incorporated

Smithfield, VA · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

James River Mechanical Incorporated runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

James River Mechanical Incorporated: 3.0 TCR = 106% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

James River Mechanical Incorporated safety composite

James River Mechanical Incorporated scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

James River Mechanical Incorporated held a steady TCR band

James River Mechanical Incorporated's TCR held near 0.2 from 2.9 in 2019 to 3.1 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.9 · 2020=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Smithfield, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 106% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #87/152
  • PHOTO BM7
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BM7 (0.0 TCR gap)

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James River Mechanical Incorporated in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows James River Mechanical Incorporated averages 3.0 TCR (106% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

James River Mechanical Incorporated TCR series: 2019=2.9 · 2020=3.1 · BLS 2.8

Where James River Mechanical Incorporated falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #87 safest of 152 Mechanical contractors employers in Virginia.

James River Mechanical Incorporated (33 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate James River Mechanical Incorporated
James River Mechanical Incorporated (33 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

James River Mechanical Incorporated has fewer employees than the Mechanical contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2020 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2019 2.9 2.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · VA · Smithfield

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 34 employers in Smithfield, 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 BM7 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darley's Plumbing 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Iowa City 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sagamore Plumbing & Heating 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE WAWA SITE - 8671 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE WAWA SITE - 8640 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roanoke VA 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reach 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield 1,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods Corporate Offices/Exec/Annex/Fin/Eng/Corp/SptSvs 471 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Corporate Admin 256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods Corporate Offices Exec/Annex/Fin/Eng/ 152 FTE
NAT-TCR S04108 - Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Nashville Purina Feed Mill 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0242 DURHAM 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Dolson Hill 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Construction Resource Group 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Industrial Performance Group of OH 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cortez Location 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE CHS Corporate 33 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: 2020, 2019. 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.