Cigarette making machinery manufacturing · Virginia
Louisa Plant
Louisa, VA · ~56 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Louisa Plant runs at 258% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cigarette making machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.5
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 7
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Louisa Plant's OSHA Total Case Rate of 8.5 to the Cigarette making machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (258% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Louisa Plant's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Louisa Plant falls in its industry
499 Cigarette making machinery man establishmentsSafer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Cigarette making machinery man employers in Virginia.
Trend analysis for Louisa Plant
Between 2016 and 2024, Louisa Plant's Total Case Rate improved from 10.7 to 6.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 41% decrease across 8 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2024, at a TCR of 6.3, while 2016 saw the highest rate, at 10.7, a spread of 4.4 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Louisa Plant recorded 7 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 7 injuries, 3 illnesses shown on this page for Louisa Plant are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 333249 - Cigarette making machinery manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 94,639 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Louisa Plant (this establishment) | 8.52 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 333249 |
| Virginia state avg (all industries) | 4.16 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Louisa Plant to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 3 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10.7 | 4.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Louisa Plant's reported OSHA injury record versus its Cigarette making machinery manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 258% of the Cigarette making machinery manufacturing benchmark, Louisa Plant reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Cigarette making machinery manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.