Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction · Virginia
W-L Construction & Paving, Inc.
Chilhowie, VA · ~279 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
W-L Construction & Paving, Inc. runs at 14% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction workplace, earning a grade A.
W-L Construction & Paving, Inc.: 0.4 TCR = 14% of Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
W-L Construction & Paving, Inc. safety composite
W-L Construction & Paving, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).
69/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 93% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
W-L Construction & Paving, Inc.: 0.0 → 0.8 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 0.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2.05× in 2024
W-L Construction & Paving, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.8 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Chilhowie, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 14% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #3/141
- PHOTO Southern WV Paving
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~279 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Southern WV Paving (0.0 TCR gap)
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W-L Construction & Paving, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
W-L Construction & Paving, Inc.
0.4 TCR
- Southern WV Pa
Southern WV Paving
0.4 TCR
- Construction R
Construction Resources Management, Inc.
0.4 TCR
- Oxford Constru
Oxford Construction Company
0.4 TCR
- California Dep
California Department of Transportation Facility 37
0.4 TCR
What this shows W-L Construction & Paving, Inc. averages 0.4 TCR (14% of the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS benchmark).
W-L Construction & Paving, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 2.8
Where W-L Construction & Paving, Inc. falls in its industry
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, stree establishmentsSafer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 141 Pavement, highway, road, stree employers in Virginia.
W-L Construction & Paving, Inc. has more employees than the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · VA · Chilhowie
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 11 employers in Chilhowie, 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 | Southern WV Paving | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Construction Resources Management, Inc. | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Oxford Construction Company | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | California Department of Transportation Facility 37 | 0.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Virginia Office | 279 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | METALSA ROANOKE INC | 279 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lyon Shipyard LLC | 279 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PRIORITY TOYOTA CHESAPEAKE | 279 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | VALLEY HEALTH CARE CENTER | 225 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valley Operator LLC | 171 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Scholle IPN Chilhowie | 156 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Food City Store #849 | 126 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Avient Colorants USA, LLC - Albion | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | New Ulm High School | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Xpert Design & Construction | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Txcrl - Southwest Region Office | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | TriMold LLC | 279 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kylse - Outerloop Building 5 | 279 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Flgai - Gainesville Center | 279 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | USA Shade & Fabric Structures | 279 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.