DAIRY DISTRIBUTION · Virginia

Suiza - Chester

Chester, VA · ~24 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Suiza - Chester runs at 431% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical DAIRY DISTRIBUTION workplace, earning a grade F.

Suiza - Chester: 9.5 TCR = 431% of DAIRY DISTRIBUTION BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Suiza - Chester safety composite

Suiza - Chester scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

Suiza - Chester held a steady TCR band

Suiza - Chester's TCR held near 0.3 from 8.4 in 2016 to 8.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.4 · 2017=9.6 · 2018=11.2 · 2019=8.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424430 · Chester, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 431% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P19
  • PHOTO Mayfield - Marietta
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mayfield - Marietta (0.0 TCR gap)

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Suiza - Chester in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Suiza - Chester averages 9.5 TCR (431% of the DAIRY DISTRIBUTION BLS benchmark).

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

Suiza - Chester TCR series: 2016=8.4 · 2017=9.6 · 2018=11.2 · 2019=8.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Suiza - Chester falls in its industry

231 DAIRY DISTRIBUTION establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Suiza - Chester (24 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.9 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Suiza - Chester
Suiza - Chester (24 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.9

Suiza - Chester has fewer employees than the DAIRY DISTRIBUTION median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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 8.7 0.0 2 0 0
2018 11.2 3.7 3 0 0
2017 9.6 9.6 3 0 0
2016 8.4 8.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424430 · VA · Chester

231 DAIRY DISTRIBUTION employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 119 employers in Chester, 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 Mayfield - Marietta 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Cheese Co., Inc. - Reno, NV 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diaco Food Service 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Country Fresh - Livonia - Merriman 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Smith Mountain Hydro 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE SHENANDOAH 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Inner Space Systems, Inc. 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : RIC2 3,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - RIC2 2,710 FTE
CITY-NEAR C.W. Wright Construction Company, LLC 697 FTE
CITY-NEAR CW Wright Construction 573 FTE
NAT-TCR Beavercreek Residence Inn 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Romulus ARC 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Madison (Wimad) 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Specialty Metals Company LLC 9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gandys - Lubbock (FDD) 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lehigh Lansdale - Hagerstown - DTI 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harpel Brothers, Inc. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Honda Material Mgmt Ctr (Mmc) Din (Marysville** 24 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.

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