Conservation and reclamation agencies · Virginia

Virginia Department of Energy - Big Stone Gap

Big Stone Gap, VA · ~130 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Virginia Department of Energy - Big Stone Gap runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Conservation and reclamation agencies workplace, earning a grade A.

Virginia Department of Energy - Big Stone Gap: 1.3 TCR = 40% of Conservation and reclamation agencies BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Virginia Department of Energy - Big Stone Gap safety composite

Virginia Department of Energy - Big Stone Gap scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Virginia Department of Energy - Big Stone Gap: 0.0 → 2.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2024

Virginia Department of Energy - Big Stone Gap's TCR rose 2.6 from 0.0 in 2023 to 2.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924120 · Big Stone Gap, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 40% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #5/24
  • PHOTO Region IV Office
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Region IV Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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Virginia Department of Energy - Big Stone Gap in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Virginia Department of Energy - Big Stone Gap averages 1.3 TCR (40% of the Conservation and reclamation agencies BLS benchmark).

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

Virginia Department of Energy - Big Stone Gap TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.2

Where Virginia Department of Energy - Big Stone Gap falls in its industry

413 Conservation and reclamation a establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

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 24 Conservation and reclamation a employers in Virginia.

Virginia Department of Energy - Big Stone Gap (130 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Virginia Department of Energy - Big Stone Gap
Virginia Department of Energy - Big Stone Gap (130 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Virginia Department of Energy - Big Stone Gap has more employees than the Conservation and reclamation agencies median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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
2024 2.6 0.9 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924120 · VA · Big Stone Gap

413 Conservation and reclamation agencies employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 7 employers in Big Stone Gap, 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 Region IV Office 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sherman Oaks Castle Park 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yosemite RC 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parks and Recreation 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE David's Nursery LLC 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fielder's Choice/Wagner Enterprises 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE McAirlaids 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE 029-00400 130 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wallens Ridge State Prison 456 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lonesome Pine Hospital 216 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heritage Hall Big Stone Gap 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR Food City Store #891 140 FTE
NAT-TCR Halethorpe 10167 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Owens Corning 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairless Plant 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Rossman Apiaries LLC 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE PJ Wallbank Springs, Inc. 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flexible Concepts, Inc 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Okamoto Sandusky Manufacturing 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gatla - Pratt Whitney Operations 130 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.