Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers · Virginia

Jo-Kell

Chesapeake, VA · ~61 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Jo-Kell runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Jo-Kell: 2.4 TCR = 110% of Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Jo-Kell safety composite

Jo-Kell scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Jo-Kell: 3.1 → 5.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2.05× in 2024

Jo-Kell's TCR rose 1.9 from 3.1 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423610 · Chesapeake, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 110% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK #7/16
  • PHOTO Pennsauken
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pennsauken (0.0 TCR gap)

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Jo-Kell in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Jo-Kell averages 2.4 TCR (110% of the Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Jo-Kell TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2020=0 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=5 · BLS 2.2

Where Jo-Kell falls in its industry

1,190 Alarm apparatus, electric, mer establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 16 Alarm apparatus, electric, mer employers in Virginia.

Jo-Kell (61 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 Jo-Kell
Jo-Kell (61 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Jo-Kell has more employees than the Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant whol median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 5.0 5.0 3 0 0
2023 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.1 1.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423610 · VA · Chesapeake

1,190 Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 434 employers in Chesapeake, 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 Pennsauken 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elliott Electric Supply #130 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6340-WORLD-FL006 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6340-WORLD-001072_US_S0564 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE PGEC HQ 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Southern Virginia 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Polu Kai Services - Falls Curch 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Location 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - ORF2 2,432 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chesapeake Regional Medical Center 2,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR QVC Chesapeake, Inc. 1,056 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crossways 931 FTE
NAT-TCR Gum Springs 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Jost Tire Service, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc - Carson 1 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid-State Supply De Pere 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Piggly Wiggly 182 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arbors at Fairlawn 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beachwood Medical Office 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE KJ's Market #603 61 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, 2020, 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.