Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers except Bulk Stations and Terminals · Virginia

Propane HQ

Rustburg, VA · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Propane HQ runs at 282% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers except Bulk Stations and Terminals workplace, earning a grade F.

Propane HQ: 6.2 TCR = 282% of Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers except Bulk Stations and Terminals BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Propane HQ safety composite

Propane HQ scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.5

2023→2024

Propane HQ injury rate improved

Propane HQ's TCR fell 6.5 from 9.5 in 2023 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=9.5 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424720 · Rustburg, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 282% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #7/9
  • PHOTO Crete
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Crete (0.1 TCR gap)

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Propane HQ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Propane HQ averages 6.2 TCR (282% of the Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers except Bulk Stations and Terminals BLS benchmark).

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

Propane HQ TCR series: 2023=9.5 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Propane HQ falls in its industry

218 Petroleum and Petroleum Produc establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

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 9 Petroleum and Petroleum Produc employers in Virginia.

Propane HQ (31 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Propane HQ
Propane HQ (31 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Propane HQ has fewer employees than the Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchan median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2023 9.5 9.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424720 · VA · Rustburg

218 Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers except Bulk Stations and Terminals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 12 employers in Rustburg, 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 Crete 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR C&R Distributing, LLC 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stern Oil company 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hays Oil Company 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE WARREN COUNTY POWER STATION 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dabney 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES : Pittsylvania 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southampton Power Station 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rustburg Cable Operations 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR 01548 - STORE # 1548 RUSTBURG 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Office 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1548 66 FTE
NAT-TCR 5812 Investment Group 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ada Care Center LLC 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Shannon Fabrics, Inc 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hartje Lumber, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cupertino Main St 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE M&T Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clinton Residence 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Starbucks - East End 31 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.