Blood and Organ Banks · Virginia
Norfolk-Military, VA - Biomat
Norfolk, VA · ~39 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Norfolk-Military, VA - Biomat runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Blood and Organ Banks workplace, earning a grade F.
Norfolk-Military, VA - Biomat: 7.9 TCR = 208% of Blood and Organ Banks BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Norfolk-Military, VA - Biomat safety composite
Norfolk-Military, VA - Biomat scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% 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
Norfolk-Military, VA - Biomat: 6.0 → 9.9 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 9.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2023
Norfolk-Military, VA - Biomat's TCR rose 3.9 from 6.0 in 2021 to 9.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621991 · Norfolk, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 208% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #35/44
- PHOTO Arlington, TX-Biolif…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~39 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Arlington, TX-Biolife 724 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Norfolk-Military, VA - Biomat in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Norfolk-Military, VA - Biomat
7.9 TCR
- Arlington, TX-
Arlington, TX-Biolife 724
7.9 TCR
- AMERICAN RED C
AMERICAN RED CROSS - 2201 CHARLOTTE AVE
7.9 TCR
- Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth, TX-Biolife 785
7.9 TCR
- IMPACTLIFE - F
IMPACTLIFE - Fairview Heights
7.9 TCR
What this shows Norfolk-Military, VA - Biomat averages 7.9 TCR (208% of the Blood and Organ Banks BLS benchmark).
Norfolk-Military, VA - Biomat TCR series: 2021=6 · 2023=9.9 · BLS 3.8
Where Norfolk-Military, VA - Biomat falls in its industry
1,713 Blood and Organ Banks establishmentsSafer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 44 Blood and Organ Banks employers in Virginia.
Norfolk-Military, VA - Biomat has fewer employees than the Blood and Organ Banks median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.9 | 3.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621991 · VA · Norfolk
1,713 Blood and Organ Banks employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 473 employers in Norfolk, 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 | Arlington, TX-Biolife 724 | 7.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AMERICAN RED CROSS - 2201 CHARLOTTE AVE | 7.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fort Worth, TX-Biolife 785 | 7.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | IMPACTLIFE - Fairview Heights | 7.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Select Genetics VA Hatch 60 61 62 64 65 66, 950-VA | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Utilities - Sewerage Systems | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D.D. Kerns Construction Company, Inc. | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DWATTS Construction LLC | 39 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sentara Norfolk General Hospital | 4,863 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Childrens Hospital of The Kings Dau | 3,707 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Atlantic Group dba DZ Atlantic | 3,248 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Norfolk State University | 2,981 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | SCP Limited Holdings LLC | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Curry Health Network - Hospital Gold Beach | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hammond Dirt Cheap | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Us Autoforce West Branch | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trucking and Yard Storage | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | YESCO LLC - Boise ID Establishment | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Arizona Shower Door of IL | 39 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.