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Virginia workplace safety

How 12,673 OSHA-reporting employers across Virginia compare on workplace injuries, 2016–2024.

12,673
Employers
4.8
Avg TCR
231,519
Injuries
166
Fatalities

The state picture

Virginia's reporting employers average 4.8 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 1.8 times the ~2.7 all-industry private-sector norm.

4.8
avg TCR · per 100 workers
12,673
employers reporting
231,519
recordable injuries
166
worker fatalities

State average reflects each state's industry mix. Sort the table below by each employer's own grade against its industry benchmark.

Virginia grade distribution 12,662 graded establishments · width = share

19% of Virginia's reporting establishments earn an F and 17% an A, each measured against its own industry benchmark, not the state line. These grades are a transparent derived index, not an official OSHA rating; see the Methodology for the exact formula.

Where Virginia ranks among states

54 states & territories by avg TCR

Virginia's average TCR of 4.8 is lower than 74% of states, a state average reflects industry mix as much as workplace safety.

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A second cut tells a different story: ranked by injury rate alone, Virginia is #15 of 54. Ranked instead by fatalities per employer establishment, it's #31 of 54, a 16-place swing. A state can run a moderate everyday injury rate while its rarer, most severe incidents cluster differently; the two metrics measure different things and shouldn't be read as interchangeable.

How Virginia Workplaces Compare

Virginia hosts 12,673 employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. These are not small shops: federal rules require ITA submission from workplaces with 250+ employees in any industry, plus workplaces with 20+ employees in the roughly 60 NAICS codes classified as high-hazard (construction, manufacturing, healthcare, warehousing, agriculture, and others). Across this Virginia cohort, workers have logged 231,519 recordable injuries, producing a state average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 4.8 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year during 2016–2024.

The state has recorded 166 workplace fatalities in the reporting window, which is tracked separately from non-fatal injury counts because fatal events have their own investigation trail under 29 CFR 1904.39. Reading state-level TCR requires context: the headline figure is driven by a state's industry mix. A state with a heavy construction, logging, or meatpacking footprint will mechanically post higher TCR than a state dominated by finance or professional services, even when individual employers are equally well-managed. That is why the employer table below sorts each establishment by its own TCR and letter grade, against the BLS benchmark for its specific industry, not against the state average.

For jobseekers, relocators, investors, and local safety professionals, state-level pages function as an entry point: use the grade-sorted list to spot the safest and highest-risk employers in Virginia, then click through to an individual establishment for its year-by-year injury, illness, DART, and fatality trajectory. Compare multiple years before drawing conclusions, a single outlier year can reflect a specific event, whereas a sustained pattern across reporting cycles is a more reliable risk signal. All data comes directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries. State OSHA plans in 22 states operate their own enforcement programs in parallel, but the injury data above is harmonized through the federal ITA system.

Employers in Virginia, by injury rate

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Employer CityIndustryGradeAvg TCR
ABG-Alexandria Alexandria Maid services (i.e., cleanin A 1.7
Ferguson Fire & Fabrication IncC: VA Ashland-11505 N Lakeridge Pkwy Ashland Valves, plumbing and heating B 1.7
Hiller Chesapeake Chesapeake Fire Sprinkler System Instal B 1.7
Headquarters Purcellville 485210 Interurban and Rural A 1.7
Whitley/Service Roofing & Sheet Metal Company of Charlottesville Charlottesville Roofing contractors B 1.7
Virginia Department of Energy - Charlottesville Charlottesville Conservation and reclamation B 1.7
STR0517 Roanoke Department stores except dis A 1.7
2217 Lowe S of Rocky Mount Va Rocky Mount Homecenter A 1.7
193 Lynchburg Lynchburg Department Store A 1.7
0687 Lowe S of Short Pump Va. Glen Allen Homecenter A 1.7
Kingspan Insulation, LLC Winchester Sheet (i.e., board), polysty B 1.7
Hollins University Roanoke Cafeteria food services cont B 1.7
International Flooring Norfolk Ship repair done in a shipya B 1.7
01598 - Store # 1598 Newport News Newport News Grocery Stores A 1.7
02525 - Store # 2525 Ruther Glen Ruther Glen Grocery Stores A 1.7
Riverside Medical Group Physician Admin Newport News Physicians' (except mental h A 1.7
Richmond, VA Office CS Ashland Construction management, pow B 1.7
Just People Incorporated Chesapeake Group homes, intellectual an A 1.7
Kauffman Engineering, Inc. VIR Virginia Beach Harness assemblies for elect B 1.7
Charlottesville Location Charlottesville Beverages, soft drink (inclu B 1.7
Electrical & Mechanical Resources, Inc. Richmond Industrial equipment and mac B 1.7
N&S Construction Buchanan Buchanan Cable laying (e.g., cable te B 1.7
Three Notch'd Brewing Company RVA Collab House Richmond Beer brewing B 1.7
Jackson-Feild Behavioral Health Services; Jarratt Campus Jarratt Mental health facilities, re A 1.7
Stemmle Plumbing Repair, Inc. Midlothian Plumbing contractors B 1.7
Succor Delivery Services LLC Alexandria - A 1.7
Friendship Richfield Living Salem Skilled nursing facilities A 1.7
185 Harrisonburg snack and nonalcoholic bever B 1.7
Jefco Inc Ashland Curtain wall, glass, install B 1.7
052 Fairfax Va Fairfax Other Urban Transit Systems A 1.7
682 Richmond Convenience Stores A 1.7
King George VA | Admin Access King George Administrative management se B 1.7
Jack St.Clair Inc. Roanoke Construction management, wat B 1.7
485 Wytheville Supermrkts & other grocery s A 1.7
1226 Woodbridge Supermrkts & other grocery s A 1.7
Peerless Carpet Williamsburg Carpet cleaning on customers A 1.7
Supply Chain : Sterling, VA Sterling - B 1.7
Loudoun Water Wastewater Ashburn Collection, treatment, and d D 1.7
CET - Richmond Sandston Insulation, boiler, duct and B 1.7
Mancon Scm Virginia Beach Facilities (except computer B 1.7
Topgolf Loudoun Ashburn Amusement and Recreation Ser B 1.7
Wawa Site - 655 Richmond Convenience Store A 1.7
Roanoke City Public Schools Roanoke Food Service Contractors B 1.7
R. H. Sheppard Co., Inc Wytheville Automotive, truck and bus st A 1.7
628 Roanoke Drywall and Insulation Contr B 1.7
01451 - Store # 1451 Prince George Prince George Grocery Stores A 1.7
8608 Virginia Beach Convenience Stores A 1.7
4021-120681300 Ashburn Food Services B 1.7
Rebar Solutions Mt. Crawford Concrete reinforcing bar (re B 1.7
State Police Administrative Headquarters (SPHQ) Richmond State police B 1.7
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What Virginia's safety record means for you

Virginia averages a TCR of 4.8 - about 1.8× the ~2.7 national private-sector norm. A state average hides wide employer-by-employer variation.

State averages use the credible-subset mean across reporting establishments; they are statistical summaries, not regulatory assessments.

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.