Processed meats manufacturing · Virginia

Southern States Provisions

Name: Southern States Provisions Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chesterfield, VA · ~45 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Southern States Provisions runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Processed meats manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Southern States Provisions: 4.6 TCR = 140% of Processed meats manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern States Provisions safety composite

Southern States Provisions scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.6

2017→2018

Southern States Provisions injury rate improved

Southern States Provisions's TCR fell 3.6 from 6.4 in 2017 to 2.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.4 · 2018=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · Chesterfield, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 140% of ind

DART 2.8 DART
RANK #5/8
PHOTO Boar's Head Co., Inc
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Boar's Head Co., Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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empirical food

4.6

What this shows Southern States Provisions averages 4.6 TCR (140% of the Processed meats manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Southern States Provisions TCR series: 2017=6.4 · 2018=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Southern States Provisions falls in its industry

613 Processed meats manufacturing establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 8 Processed meats manufacturing employers in Virginia.

Southern States Provisions (45 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Southern States Provisions has fewer employees than the Processed meats manufacturing 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
2018	2.8	2.8	1	0	0
2017	6.4	6.4	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · VA · Chesterfield

613 Processed meats manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 59 employers in Chesterfield, VA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Boar's Head Co., Inc	FORREST CITY, AR	4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Best Chicago Meat	CHICAGO, IL	4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Smithfield, Martin City Packaged	KANSAS CITY, MO	4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	empirical foods, inc. - South Sioux City	SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NE	4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	VA09S-SEL-VIRGINIA SERVICE ROOM	HARRISONBURG	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GREENSVILLE COUNTY POWER STATION	EMPORIA	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities	HARRISONBURG	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Farmville Public Works	FARMVILLE	45 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chesterfield County Schools	Chesterfield	8,218 FTE
CITY-NEAR	General Government	Chesterfield	1,121 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Richmond Plant	Chesterfield	646 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Schools Department of Student Transportation	Chesterfield	635 FTE
NAT-TCR	Trinity Elms H&R	Clemmons, NC	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Location 40040	Roseland, NJ	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Uge Sbn	South Bend, IN	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Central Louisiana Rehab Associates, LP	Alexandria, LA	4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Dallas RTS	Dallas, TX	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nathan Hale Inn and Conference Center	Storrs, CT	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Plover #205 Farms	Plover, WI	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Conner Panama City FL Plant	Panama City, FL	45 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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