General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers · Virginia
Salem Tools, Inc.
Salem, VA · ~99 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Salem Tools, Inc. runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.
Salem Tools, Inc.: 0.9 TCR = 40% of General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Salem Tools, Inc. safety composite
Salem Tools, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
74/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 87% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% 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
Salem Tools, Inc.: 0.0 → 1.3 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 3.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Salem Tools, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.3 from 0.0 in 2017 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423840 · Salem, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 40% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #2/14
- PHOTO Carol Stream - Black…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~99 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial (0.0 TCR gap)
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Salem Tools, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Salem Tools, Inc.
0.9 TCR
- Carol Stream -
Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial
0.9 TCR
- MIN Westwood M
MIN Westwood MA
0.9 TCR
- Branch 002 - 5
Branch 002 - 529
0.9 TCR
- DFW Airport
DFW Airport
0.9 TCR
What this shows Salem Tools, Inc. averages 0.9 TCR (40% of the General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Salem Tools, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 2.2
Where Salem Tools, Inc. falls in its industry
589 General-line industrial suppli establishmentsSafer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 14 General-line industrial suppli employers in Virginia.
Salem Tools, Inc. has more employees than the General-line industrial supplies merchan median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423840 · VA · Salem
589 General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 134 employers in Salem, 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 | Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MIN Westwood MA | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Branch 002 - 529 | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DFW Airport | 0.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | LEO Construction Co. | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Maddox Air & Electrical | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Minton and Roberson Inc. | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mainland | 99 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Carter Machinery Company, Inc. | 2,763 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lewis Gale Medical Center | 1,159 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC | 770 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LewisGale Medical Center | 690 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | MBM-8 Arizona | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Administartion Office | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | US Intermodal, Inc., Laredo, TX | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PI Components | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Pomp's Tire - East Green Bay 001 | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Haltom City Distribution Ctr | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MediLodge of Grand Traverse County | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CMC Recycling Lexington | 99 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.