Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing · Virginia

South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road

South Boston, VA · ~552 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road: 2.1 TCR = 62% of Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road safety composite

South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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%).

South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road held a steady TCR band

South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.0 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335311 · South Boston, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 62% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #7/10
  • PHOTO Simpsonville
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~552 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Simpsonville (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road averages 2.1 TCR (62% of the Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=2 · BLS 3.3

Where South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road falls in its industry

141 Power, Distribution, and Speci establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

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 10 Power, Distribution, and Speci employers in Virginia.

South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road (552 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road
South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road (552 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.6

South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road has more employees than the Power, Distribution, and Specialty Trans median and a lower 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
2019 2.0 0.7 12 0 0
2018 2.9 2.2 14 0 0
2017 1.4 0.7 6 0 0
2016 2.0 1.1 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335311 · VA · South Boston

141 Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing 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 Simpsonville 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maddox Industrial Transformer-1608 SE Commerce Ave. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nova Magnetics, Inc 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bogue Systems, Inc. 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Amentum HQ US VA Chantilly VA VA940 552 FTE
STATE-SIZE Virginia Army National Guard 554 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stuarts Draft 555 FTE
STATE-SIZE ADUSA Dist DC 20 Disputanta VA 549 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 Reynolds Presto Products 402 FTE
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Transylvania University 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR GLC Mishswaka 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR PetSmart DC-10 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mannington Wood Floors-Epes 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wheeling Island Hotel Casino Racetrack 552 FTE
NAT-SIZE Davenport (Iadav) 552 FTE
NAT-SIZE S2 Event Security 552 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marietta Terminal - DOT 552 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.