Film developing and printing (except motion picture, one-hour) · Virginia

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chesapeake Plant

Chesapeake, VA · ~240 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chesapeake Plant runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Film developing and printing (except motion picture, one-hour) workplace, earning a grade D.

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chesapeake Plant: 2.8 TCR = 132% of Film developing and printing (except motion picture, one-hour) BLS 2.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chesapeake Plant safety composite

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chesapeake Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−3.9

2016→2019

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chesapeake Plant injury rate improved

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chesapeake Plant's TCR fell 3.9 from 5.8 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 812921 · Chesapeake, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 132% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK P31
  • PHOTO Lifetouch National S…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~240 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lifetouch National School Studios - Muncie Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lifetouch National School Studios - Chesapeake Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lifetouch National School Studios - Chesapeake Plant averages 2.8 TCR (132% of the Film developing and printing (except motion picture, one-hour) BLS benchmark).

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

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chesapeake Plant TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=1.9 · BLS 2.1

Where Lifetouch National School Studios - Chesapeake Plant falls in its industry

13 Film developing and printing ( establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Lifetouch National School Studios - Chesapeake Plant (240 employees, TCR 2.8) among 12 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 2.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 13 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 0200400600 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Lifetouch National School Studios - Chesapeake Plant
Lifetouch National School Studios - Chesapeake Plant (240 employees, TCR 2.8) among 12 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chesapeake Plant has more employees than the Film developing and printing (except mot median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2019 1.9 1.9 4 0 0
2018 1.2 0.6 2 0 0
2017 2.1 2.1 4 0 0
2016 5.8 3.3 5 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

812921 · VA · Chesapeake

13 Film developing and printing (except motion picture, one-hour) 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 Lifetouch National School Studios - Muncie Plant 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marco Photo Service 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Black River Imaging 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fujifilm North America Corporation- Greenwood, SC 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Washington Golf & Country Club, Inc. 240 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works Department 241 FTE
STATE-SIZE Montross 241 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coffeewood Correctional Center 239 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 Burrows - Mt Vernon 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Abs 0028 2767 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sauget Facility 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0017 1487 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE LeMeridien & AC Hotel Denver Dt 240 FTE
NAT-SIZE SEKISUI Polymer Innovations, LLC 240 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cardinal LG - Amery LG 240 FTE
NAT-SIZE UMOM New Day Centers 240 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.