Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric · Virgin Islands
V.I. Water & Power Authority Richmond Plant
Christiansted, St. Croix, VI · ~237 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 2.1
- Avg TCR
- 1.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
V.I. Water & Power Authority Richmond Plant runs at 174% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 2.1
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 1.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 18
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares V.I. Water & Power Authority Richmond Plant's OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.1 to the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS benchmark of 1.2 (174% of benchmark) across 4 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
V.I. Water & Power Authority Richmond Plant's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 1.2 industry benchmark.
Where V.I. Water & Power Authority Richmond Plant falls in its industry
1,164 Power generation, fossil fuel establishmentsSafer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.
Trend analysis for V.I. Water & Power Authority Richmond Plant
Between 2016 and 2024, V.I. Water & Power Authority Richmond Plant's Total Case Rate improved from 4.1 to 0.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 89% decrease across 8 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2024, at a TCR of 0.5, while 2016 saw the highest rate, at 4.1, a spread of 3.6 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 4 reporting years, V.I. Water & Power Authority Richmond Plant recorded 18 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 4-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 18 injuries shown on this page for V.I. Water & Power Authority Richmond Plant are sourced from its own 4 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 221112 - Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 431,268 hours worked = 0.46 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| V.I. Water & Power Authority Richmond Plant (this establishment) | 2.09 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) industry avg | 1.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 221112 |
| Virgin Islands state avg (all industries) | 2.93 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by V.I. Water & Power Authority Richmond Plant to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 9 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on V.I. Water & Power Authority Richmond Plant's reported OSHA injury record versus its Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 174% of the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric benchmark, V.I. Water & Power Authority Richmond Plant reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.