State profile · OSHA ITA
West Virginia workplace safety
How 2,269 OSHA-reporting employers across West Virginia compare on workplace injuries, 2016–2024.
- 2,269
- Employers
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 38,717
- Injuries
- 29
- Fatalities
The state picture
West Virginia's reporting employers average 5.4 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 2.0 times the ~2.7 all-industry private-sector norm.
- 5.4
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2,269
- employers reporting
- 38,717
- recordable injuries
- 29
- worker fatalities
State average reflects each state's industry mix. Sort the table below by each employer's own grade against its industry benchmark.
22% of West 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 West Virginia ranks among states
54 states & territories by avg TCRWest Virginia's average TCR of 5.4 is lower than 38% of states, a state average reflects industry mix as much as workplace safety.
How West Virginia Workplaces Compare
West Virginia hosts 2,269 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 West Virginia cohort, workers have logged 38,717 recordable injuries, producing a state average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 5.4 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year during 2016–2024.
The state has recorded 29 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 West 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 West Virginia, by injury rate
Page 32 of 46| Employer | City | Industry | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sodexo at Berkeley Medical Center | Martinsburg | Food Service Contractors | B | 1.7 |
| Store 7040 - Beckley WV | Beckley | Automotive Parts | A | 1.7 |
| Beckley ARH Medical Mall | Beckley | Clinic | A | 1.7 |
| Automated Packaging Systems LLC of Sealed Air | Keyser | Polyethylene resins manufact | B | 1.7 |
| Architectural Wood LLC | Ronceverte | Panel work, wood millwork, m | A | 1.6 |
| Marshall University Research Corporation | Huntington | Biotechnology research and d | F | 1.6 |
| Baron Blakeslee SFC Inc. | Williamstown | Tanks, heavy gauge metal, ma | A | 1.6 |
| Kanawha Stone Company, Inc. | Poca | Highway construction | B | 1.6 |
| Terradon Corporation | Poca | Engineering consulting servi | F | 1.6 |
| N Charleston Service Center | Charleston | Distribution of electric pow | D | 1.6 |
| Bkn 2 | Charleston | Home care of elderly, medica | A | 1.6 |
| Xcal Industries, LLC | Oak Hill | Carbides (e.g., boron, calci | A | 1.6 |
| South Fairmont Price Cutter | Fairmont | Supermarkets | A | 1.6 |
| Huntington Wv Plant | Huntington | Commercial Bakeries | A | 1.6 |
| 8433 Bridgeport Wv | Bridgeport | Home Centers | A | 1.6 |
| AJ Burk LLC | Horner | Compressor, metering and pum | B | 1.6 |
| Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC - 040 | Bruceton Mills | Tree trimming services | A | 1.6 |
| Mountain State Carbon LLC | Follansbee | Coke oven products (e.g., co | A | 1.6 |
| Sii - Philippi | Philippi | Tanks, storage, plastics or | A | 1.6 |
| AHF Products | Beverly | Applicators, wood, manufactu | A | 1.6 |
| DTE Gas Morgantown | Morgantown | Natural gas pipeline transpo | A | 1.6 |
| Charleston WV Yard | Charleston | Other Building Material Deal | A | 1.6 |
| 238 | Martinsburg | Supermarket, Retail | A | 1.6 |
| Hurricane Transmission SC | Hurricane | - | D | 1.6 |
| Fleetwood-Signode | Weirton | Boxes, corrugated and solid | A | 1.6 |
| Webster Memorial Hospital | Webster Springs | General medical and surgical | A | 1.6 |
| Wheeling Svc Bldg | Wheeling | - | D | 1.6 |
| Bluefield Regional Medical Center | Bluefield | - | A | 1.6 |
| UHA/UHC Emergency Medicine;OB/GYN; Pain Medicine; Cardiology | Bridgeport | MDs' (medical doctors, excep | A | 1.6 |
| West Virginia Heating & Plumbing | Charleston | Mechanical contractors | B | 1.6 |
| Armstrong World Industries - Millwood | Millwood | Mineral wool insulation mate | A | 1.6 |
| Logan Svc Ctr | Logan | - | D | 1.6 |
| Kingwood Center LLC Pine Ridge | Kingwood | Skilled nursing facilities | A | 1.6 |
| Green Valley Grants | Bluefield | Grocery stores | A | 1.5 |
| Southern Highlands #175 | Princeton | Outpatient mental health cen | A | 1.5 |
| Pratt & Whitney Engine Services, Inc. WV Hanger | Bridgeport | Overhaul & Repair of Aircraf | A | 1.5 |
| Belle | Belle | RETAIL | A | 1.5 |
| ECO USA, LLC - Parkersburg | Parkersburg | Silicone (except resins) man | A | 1.5 |
| Giant Eagle #0058 | Morgantown, | Grocery stores | A | 1.5 |
| Sodexo at Wvu Chickfila | Morgantown | Food Service Contractors | B | 1.5 |
| 262 Huntington | Barboursville | Department Store | A | 1.5 |
| Bkn 1 | Buckhannon | Home care of elderly, medica | A | 1.5 |
| Steel of West Virginia, Inc. | Huntington | Steel manufacturing | A | 1.5 |
| Raw Feild Services LLC | Princeton | Iron work, structural, contr | B | 1.5 |
| 4803 Parkersburg | Vienna | Home Centers | A | 1.5 |
| WV - Morgantown, 15 Summer School Rd | Morgantown | Cable and Other Subscription | F | 1.5 |
| Wheeling-Nisshin | Follansbee | Aluminum coating of metal pr | A | 1.5 |
| Simonton Windows: Ellenboro, WV | Ellenboro | Doors and door frames, plast | A | 1.5 |
| Big Sandy Superstore (14) | Hurricane | Furniture and appliance stor | A | 1.5 |
| Construction | Charleston | Mechanical contractors | B | 1.5 |
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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What West Virginia's safety record means for you
West Virginia averages a TCR of 5.4 - about 2.0× the ~2.7 national private-sector norm. A state average hides wide employer-by-employer variation.
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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.