Steel merchant wholesalers · Virginia

vHPM - SoBo

South Boston, VA · ~34 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

vHPM - SoBo runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Steel merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

vHPM - SoBo: 1.6 TCR = 75% of Steel merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

vHPM - SoBo safety composite

vHPM - SoBo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−3.3

2022→2023

vHPM - SoBo injury rate improved

vHPM - SoBo's TCR fell 3.3 from 3.3 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.3 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · South Boston, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 75% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/17
  • PHOTO 514 Metals USA
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 514 Metals USA (0.0 TCR gap)

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vHPM - SoBo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows vHPM - SoBo averages 1.6 TCR (75% of the Steel merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

vHPM - SoBo TCR series: 2022=3.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where vHPM - SoBo falls in its industry

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

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 17 Steel merchant wholesalers employers in Virginia.

vHPM - SoBo (34 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 vHPM - SoBo
vHPM - SoBo (34 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

vHPM - SoBo has fewer employees than the Steel merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 3.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · VA · South Boston

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers 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 514 Metals USA 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR O'Neal Steel LLC_Ft. Wayne 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson - Little Rock 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tool King Inc 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Blue Ridge Aquaculture 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Williams Logging Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE BEAR GARDEN 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE INGENCO/CCI Dabney 34 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 Masterbrand Cabinets 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2827 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR USM Store #535 (United) 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Senior Star at Dublin Retirement Village 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE VIAIR Corporation 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE BP Land, Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Century Spring Mfg. Co. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Packaging Materials Inc 34 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.

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