Plumbing and heating contractors · Virginia

USA VA Salem

Salem, VA · ~58 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

USA VA Salem runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

USA VA Salem: 0.9 TCR = 31% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

USA VA Salem safety composite

USA VA Salem scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−1.8

2022→2023

USA VA Salem injury rate improved

USA VA Salem's TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.8 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Salem, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/152
  • PHOTO Hiller Phoenix
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hiller Phoenix (0.0 TCR gap)

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USA VA Salem in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows USA VA Salem averages 0.9 TCR (31% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

USA VA Salem TCR series: 2022=1.8 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where USA VA Salem falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 152 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Virginia.

USA VA Salem (58 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate USA VA Salem
USA VA Salem (58 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

USA VA Salem has fewer employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.8 1.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · VA · Salem

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 134 employers in Salem, 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 Hiller Phoenix 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Albany, GA HVAC 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR USA KS Lenexa 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 400 Public Works 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Warrenton NJ TE LLC 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE ORF-GROUND OPS 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5070 - VA Virginia Beach Correctional Center 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carter Machinery Company, Inc. 2,763 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lewis Gale Medical Center 1,159 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC 770 FTE
CITY-NEAR LewisGale Medical Center 690 FTE
NAT-TCR Industrial Technologies Group (ITG) : Field Controls 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #226 LOUISVILLE, KY 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Allied Power Services - Exelon, Clinton Station 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR New England Construction Company Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rehabilitation Center of Lisbon 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bashas 160 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Food City 157 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bashas 130 58 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: 2023, 2022. 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.