Prisons · Virginia

Wallens Ridge State Prison

Big Stone Gap, VA · ~456 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wallens Ridge State Prison runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Prisons workplace, earning a grade B.

Wallens Ridge State Prison: 1.9 TCR = 59% of Prisons BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wallens Ridge State Prison safety composite

Wallens Ridge State Prison scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

Wallens Ridge State Prison: 1.8 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.59× in 2024

Wallens Ridge State Prison's TCR rose 1.2 from 1.8 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922140 · Big Stone Gap, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 59% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #14/51
  • PHOTO OYA Equitable Center
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 51 inj
  • SIZE ~456 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OYA Equitable Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wallens Ridge State Prison in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wallens Ridge State Prison averages 1.9 TCR (59% of the Prisons BLS benchmark).

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

Wallens Ridge State Prison TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=2.9 · 2020=1.1 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.2

Where Wallens Ridge State Prison falls in its industry

482 Prisons establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 51 Prisons employers in Virginia.

Wallens Ridge State Prison (456 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Wallens Ridge State Prison
Wallens Ridge State Prison (456 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Wallens Ridge State Prison has more employees than the Prisons median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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 3.0 3.0 14 0 0
2023 1.1 1.1 5 0 0
2020 1.1 1.1 5 0 0
2018 2.9 2.4 13 0 0
2017 1.6 1.6 6 1 0
2016 1.8 1.6 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922140 · VA · Big Stone Gap

482 Prisons 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 OYA Equitable Center 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR LEE ADJUSTMENT 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Florence Detention Center 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Indian Creek Correctional Center 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE WM 1852 456 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5401 Staples Mill Rd 455 FTE
STATE-SIZE Augusta US VA Augusta VA069 457 FTE
STATE-SIZE Botetourt County Board of Supervisors 457 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
CITY-NEAR Virginia Department of Energy - Big Stone Gap 130 FTE
NAT-TCR Arcadia OSB 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Century Casino Cape Girardeau 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Apex- Houston 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ziegler's Ace Hardware #49 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Martin Sprocket & Gear Arlington 456 FTE
NAT-SIZE 171 - MD Indianapolis 456 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harry's NYC Headquarters 456 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific Office Automation Inc. 456 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, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.