Small animal veterinary services · Virginia
Virginia Veterinary Specialists
Charlottesville, VA · ~69 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.4
- Avg TCR
- 0.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Virginia Veterinary Specialists runs at 1288% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Small animal veterinary services workplace, earning a grade F.
Virginia Veterinary Specialists: 6.4 TCR = 1288% of Small animal veterinary services BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Virginia Veterinary Specialists safety composite
Virginia Veterinary Specialists scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).
52/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 6.44 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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 Veterinary Specialists: 4.4 → 6.9 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 8.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2023
Virginia Veterinary Specialists's TCR rose 2.4 from 4.4 in 2021 to 6.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 541940 · Charlottesville, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.4 · 1288% of ind
- DART 2.8 DART
- RANK #1/4
- PHOTO Lakefield Veterinary…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~69 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lakefield Veterinary Group - 175 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Virginia Veterinary Specialists in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Ocean State Ve
Ocean State Veterinary Specialists
6.7 TCR
- This site
Virginia Veterinary Specialists
6.4 TCR
- Lakefield Vete
Lakefield Veterinary Group - 175
6.4 TCR
- Lakefield Vete
Lakefield Veterinary Group 189
6.4 TCR
- MedVet Mobile
MedVet Mobile
6.3 TCR
What this shows Virginia Veterinary Specialists averages 6.4 TCR (1288% of the Small animal veterinary services BLS benchmark).
Virginia Veterinary Specialists TCR series: 2021=4.4 · 2022=8 · 2023=6.9 · BLS 0.5
Where Virginia Veterinary Specialists falls in its industry
261 Small animal veterinary servic establishmentsSafer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 12.0.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Small animal veterinary servic employers in Virginia.
Virginia Veterinary Specialists has more employees than the Small animal veterinary services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 12.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.9 | 2.8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.0 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
541940 · VA · Charlottesville
261 Small animal veterinary services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 269 employers in Charlottesville, 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 | Lakefield Veterinary Group - 175 | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lakefield Veterinary Group 189 | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MedVet Mobile | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ocean State Veterinary Specialists | 6.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CHESAPEAKE DIST | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | W.C. Spratt, Inc. | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WG Construction Co., Inc. | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Canada company,LLC | 69 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Virginia | 11,898 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University Of Virginia (209) Health System | 10,653 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Virginia Medical Center | 8,738 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UVA Medical Center | 7,268 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons PC - DSM | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Modern Building Systems | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wood Tech Industries, LLC | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of Eveleth | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Camden | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Robinson Waste Services | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Custom Laser Inc | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ag Commissioner | 69 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.