Sewer systems · Virginia

Public Works-Wastewater

Hampton, VA · ~65 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Works-Wastewater runs at 455% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sewer systems workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works-Wastewater: 5.5 TCR = 455% of Sewer systems BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works-Wastewater safety composite

Public Works-Wastewater scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

Public Works-Wastewater: 4.8 → 7.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.36× in 2024

Public Works-Wastewater's TCR rose 2.6 from 4.8 in 2019 to 7.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221320 · Hampton, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.5 · 455% of ind

  • DART 7.4 DART
  • RANK #19/26
  • PHOTO Rockdale Project
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rockdale Project (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Works-Wastewater in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Works-Wastewater averages 5.5 TCR (455% of the Sewer systems BLS benchmark).

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

Public Works-Wastewater TCR series: 2019=4.8 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Public Works-Wastewater falls in its industry

400 Sewer systems establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 26 Sewer systems employers in Virginia.

Public Works-Wastewater (65 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Works-Wastewater
Public Works-Wastewater (65 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Public Works-Wastewater has more employees than the Sewer systems median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 7.4 7.4 5 0 0
2023 4.2 2.8 3 0 0
2019 4.8 4.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221320 · VA · Hampton

400 Sewer systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 231 employers in Hampton, 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 Rockdale Project 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hill Canyon Wastewater Treatment Plant 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rockdale 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Bay Sanitary District 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE POSSUM PT PW ST 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE BLUE RIDGE 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gilbane Building Company Richmond 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Asturian Construction 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sentara CarePlex Hospital 1,584 FTE
CITY-NEAR Norfolk Tide Facility 990 FTE
CITY-NEAR Coleman Place 990 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newport News Transit Center 990 FTE
NAT-TCR L.D. Clark Company 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 1365 - Marlton 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 1438 - Napa North 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 1101 - Florissant 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE American Wood Installers, Inc. 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meridian Center Electric, Inc (Mt Vernon) 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heritage Woods and White Oaks of Huntley 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bloomington Chrysler Jeep Dodge 65 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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