Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) · Virginia
Smyth Companies - Bedford
Bedford, VA · ~111 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Smyth Companies - Bedford runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) workplace, earning a grade C.
Smyth Companies - Bedford: 3.5 TCR = 107% of Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Smyth Companies - Bedford safety composite
Smyth Companies - Bedford scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 3.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.64 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% 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
Smyth Companies - Bedford: 1.0 → 5.3 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.75× in 2024
Smyth Companies - Bedford's TCR rose 4.3 from 1.0 in 2016 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 323111 · Bedford, VA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 107% of ind
- DART 2.6 DART
- RANK #22/30
- PHOTO Pacific Standard Print
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 30 inj
- SIZE ~111 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Pacific Standard Print (0.0 TCR gap)
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Smyth Companies - Bedford in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Smyth Companies - Bedford
3.5 TCR
- Pacific Standa
Pacific Standard Print
3.5 TCR
- Penmor Lithogr
Penmor Lithographers Inc
3.5 TCR
- CL&D Graphics
CL&D Graphics
3.5 TCR
- Tursso Compani
Tursso Companies, Inc
3.5 TCR
What this shows Smyth Companies - Bedford averages 3.5 TCR (107% of the Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) BLS benchmark).
Smyth Companies - Bedford TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=1 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=2 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Smyth Companies - Bedford falls in its industry
2,001 Offset printing (except books, establishmentsSafer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 30 Offset printing (except books, employers in Virginia.
Smyth Companies - Bedford has more employees than the Offset printing (except books, printing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
323111 · VA · Bedford
2,001 Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 38 employers in Bedford, 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 | Pacific Standard Print | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Penmor Lithographers Inc | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CL&D Graphics | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tursso Companies, Inc | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Packing House | 111 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Servpro of Chesterfield, Tri-Citiies & Newport News | 111 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FGG Isaac | 111 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hilex Poly - Richmond | 111 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1399 | 314 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1399 | 292 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sam Moore Furniture | 216 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 524 - BEDFORD | 123 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | North Carolina Manufacturing | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mark Haynes Construction, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Plant D4 | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | At Home Stores #86 | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Colonial Springs Healthcare Center | 111 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Copy Craft Printers, Inc | 111 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Carl Buddig & Company-16615 Vincennes Drive | 111 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Crown Lift Trucks Detroit | 111 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.