Sulfuric acid manufacturing · Virginia

James River

North Chesterfield, VA · ~33 workers · 8 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

James River runs at 12% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sulfuric acid manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

James River: 0.4 TCR = 12% of Sulfuric acid manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

James River safety composite

James River scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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 held a steady TCR band

James River's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · North Chesterfield, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 12% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Olin Corporation - M…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Olin Corporation - McIntosh Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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James River in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows James River averages 0.4 TCR (12% of the Sulfuric acid manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

James River TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where James River falls in its industry

418 Sulfuric acid manufacturing establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

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 Sulfuric acid manufacturing employers in Virginia.

James River (33 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate James River
James River (33 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

James River has fewer employees than the Sulfuric acid manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · VA · North Chesterfield

418 Sulfuric acid manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 47 employers in North Chesterfield, 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 Olin Corporation - McIntosh Plant 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Solvay Chemicals, Inc. 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blue Cube - Plaquemine Operations 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Geismar Plant 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Commonwealth Gin 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE ALTAVISTA POWER STATION 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES : Mecklenburg 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Orsted - Charlottesville 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR INTERSPAN INC 662 FTE
CITY-NEAR Abilene Motor Express LLC 504 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cranemasters, Inc. 247 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate 238 FTE
NAT-TCR Monaca Operations 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Enterprise Fleet Management 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Rockford Corporation 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Omron Electronic Components (OCB) 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE City Electric of Plainview, Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Longhorn Recycling, LP 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commercial Recycling Corporation 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gayle Manufacturing Company - Nampa, ID 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.