Employer · Virginia

South Boston 103

South Boston, VA · ~33 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Boston 103 runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical industry workplace, earning a grade C.

South Boston 103: 4.3 TCR = 96% of industry BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Boston 103 safety composite

South Boston 103 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

South Boston 103: 9.3 → 10.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.88× in 2024

South Boston 103's TCR rose 1.5 from 9.3 in 2017 to 10.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · South Boston, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.3 · 96% of ind

  • DART 8.1 DART
  • RANK #27/68
  • PHOTO Charlotte NC FXFE-CLT
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Charlotte NC FXFE-CLT (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Boston 103 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Boston 103 averages 4.3 TCR (96% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

South Boston 103 TCR series: 2017=9.3 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=3 · 2024=10.8 · BLS 4.5

Where South Boston 103 falls in its industry

3,020 industry establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 68 industry employers in Virginia.

South Boston 103 (33 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate South Boston 103
South Boston 103 (33 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

South Boston 103 has fewer employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 10.8 8.1 4 0 0
2023 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2022 5.7 2.9 2 0 0
2021 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2017 9.3 9.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · VA · South Boston

3,020 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 43 employers in South Boston, 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 Charlotte NC FXFE-CLT 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Des Moines IA FXFE-DSM 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harrisburg PA FXFE-HSG 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1361 S. 3200 W. 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Commonwealth Gin 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE ALTAVISTA POWER STATION 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES : Mecklenburg 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Orsted - Charlottesville 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Boston, DC 635 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hitachi Energy USA, inc. South Boston, VA 595 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital 592 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road 552 FTE
NAT-TCR Leegin Creative Leather 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Tennessee Aquarium 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Highland Square Mustard Seed Market & Cafe, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Carrollton TX Truss 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Spokane 232 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Waterloo 144 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parkersburg 123 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harris Industrial Gases - Citrus Heights 33 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.