Plumbing contractors · Delaware

Ben Franklin Plumbing

Wilmington, DE · ~25 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ben Franklin Plumbing runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Plumbing contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Ben Franklin Plumbing: 1.7 TCR = 60% of Plumbing contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ben Franklin Plumbing safety composite

Ben Franklin Plumbing scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Ben Franklin Plumbing: 0.0 → 4.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2.44× in 2024

Ben Franklin Plumbing's TCR rose 4.1 from 0.0 in 2020 to 4.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Wilmington, DE AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 60% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #8/32
  • PHOTO Brown Sprinkler Corp…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brown Sprinkler Corporation (Indianapolis, IN) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ben Franklin Plumbing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ben Franklin Plumbing averages 1.7 TCR (60% of the Plumbing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Ben Franklin Plumbing TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Ben Franklin Plumbing falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing contractors establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Delaware alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 32 Plumbing contractors employers in Delaware.

Ben Franklin Plumbing (25 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ben Franklin Plumbing
Ben Franklin Plumbing (25 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Ben Franklin Plumbing has fewer employees than the Plumbing contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · DE · Wilmington

5,793 Plumbing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,487 rated employers in Delaware with headcount on file · 309 employers in Wilmington, DE · 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 Brown Sprinkler Corporation (Indianapolis, IN) 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ravenswood 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR BM4 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gateway Contracting, Inc. 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE MASTERCRAFTERS, INC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE DRB Group Eastern Shore, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE EnergyLink 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE 104186 - Dewey Beach Bridges 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR 10 Wilmington 9,107 FTE
CITY-NEAR AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Commercial Field-Based Personnel) 4,907 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - MTN1 3,143 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hatzel & Buehler, Inc. 1,841 FTE
NAT-TCR Union City - 6710 Oakley Industrial Boulevard 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1691 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1221 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0629 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Paul G Senft & Sons Trenching, LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE LaMettry's Collision - Minnetonka 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solvang 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Patriot Place 25 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, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.