Water treatment and distribution · West Virginia
Kanawha Valley Operations Center
Charleston, WV · ~137 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 2.2
- Avg TCR
- 1.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kanawha Valley Operations Center runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade D.
Kanawha Valley Operations Center: 2.2 TCR = 186% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kanawha Valley Operations Center safety composite
Kanawha Valley Operations Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% 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).
62/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% 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%).
Kanawha Valley Operations Center held a steady TCR band
Kanawha Valley Operations Center's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.3 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=2.3 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=3.8 · 2021=2.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 221310 · Charleston, WV ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 2.2 · 186% of ind
- DART 1.4 DART
- RANK #3/5
- PHOTO Hoboken - OMI
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~137 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hoboken - OMI (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kanawha Valley Operations Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- DWM-Sawyer Wat
DWM-Sawyer Water Purification Plant SWPP | 3300 E. Cheltenham Place
2.3 TCR
- Iowa American
Iowa American Water
2.3 TCR
- 6271-020
6271-020
2.3 TCR
- This site
Kanawha Valley Operations Center
2.2 TCR
- Hoboken - OMI
Hoboken - OMI
2.2 TCR
What this shows Kanawha Valley Operations Center averages 2.2 TCR (186% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).
Kanawha Valley Operations Center TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=3.8 · 2021=2.1 · BLS 1.2
Where Kanawha Valley Operations Center falls in its industry
727 Water treatment and distributi establishmentsSafer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to West Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Water treatment and distributi employers in West Virginia.
Kanawha Valley Operations Center has more employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
221310 · WV · Charleston
727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,269 rated employers in West Virginia with headcount on file · 158 employers in Charleston, WV · 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 | Hoboken - OMI | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DWM-Sawyer Water Purification Plant SWPP | 3300 E. Cheltenham Place | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Iowa American Water | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6271-020 | 2.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Cornerstone Interiors Inc | 137 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Reedsville Plant | 137 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TEAM Environmental, LLC | 137 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | River Valley Child Development Services, Inc. | 137 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CAMC Memorial Hospital | 3,442 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CAMC Memorial Division | 3,374 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Memorial Hospital | 3,232 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Charleston Area Medical Center General Division | 1,990 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Glendora Regional Office | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mayer Electric Supply Company, Inc. - Durham | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Unit 300 | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Colonial Electric Inc | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 285958-O'Fallon Mo Po | 137 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bongards Creameries - Perham | 137 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Touchmark on Saddle Drive LLC | 137 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Touchmark at All Saints LLC | 137 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.