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Virginia Commonwealth University

Name: Virginia Commonwealth University Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Richmond, VA · ~11,826 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.5
Avg TCR: 1.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Virginia Commonwealth University runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Colleges, universities, and professional schools workplace, earning a grade A.

Virginia Commonwealth University: 0.5 TCR = 34% of Colleges, universities, and professional schools BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Virginia Commonwealth University safety composite

Virginia Commonwealth University scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Virginia Commonwealth University held a steady TCR band

Virginia Commonwealth University's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.5 in 2021 to 0.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=0.5 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Richmond, VA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 34% of ind

DART 0.3 DART
RANK #2/14
PHOTO Nevada State College
BOOK 3y book
INJ 100 inj
SIZE ~11,826 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nevada State College (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.5
Nevada State C

0.5
Belhaven Unive

0.5
Northwestern U

0.5
F3 Marion Camp

0.5

What this shows Virginia Commonwealth University averages 0.5 TCR (34% of the Colleges, universities, and professional schools BLS benchmark).

Virginia Commonwealth University TCR series: 2021=0.5 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.5 · BLS 1.4

Where Virginia Commonwealth University falls in its industry

347 Colleges, universities, and pr establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 14 Colleges, universities, and pr employers in Virginia.

Virginia Commonwealth University (11,826 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Virginia Commonwealth University has more employees than the Colleges, universities, and professional median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2023	0.5	0.3	36	0
2022	0.5	0.3	33	1
2021	0.5	0.1	31	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · VA · Richmond

347 Colleges, universities, and professional schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 939 employers in Richmond, 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	Nevada State College	HENDERSON, NV	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Belhaven University	JACKSON, MS	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Northwestern University	EVANSTON, IL	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	F3 Marion Campus	MARION, IN	0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	University of Virginia	CHARLOTTESVILLE	11,898 FTE
STATE-SIZE	University Of Virginia (209) Health System	CHARLOTTESVILLE	10,653 FTE
STATE-SIZE	VCU Health System	RICHMOND	14,536 FTE
STATE-SIZE	University of Virginia Medical Center	CHARLOTTESVILLE	8,738 FTE
CITY-NEAR	VCU	Richmond	5,271 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CJW Medical Center	Richmond	3,259 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BSW St. Mary's Hospital	Richmond	2,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Mary's Hospital	Richmond	2,475 FTE
NAT-TCR	00701 Bridger Coal Company Sf Mine	Point of Rocks, WY	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	BrandSafway Services, LLC - Laurel Branch	Sparrows Point, MD	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Texas Children's Health Plan	Bellaire, TX	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	QSI Russellville	Russellville, AL	0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Mount Sinai Medical Center	New York, NY	11,845 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mass Service Organization	Kansas City, MO	11,859 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC	Greer, SC	11,860 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Spirit Aerosystems	Wichita, KS	11,775 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, 2021. 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.