HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors · Virginia

BT Norfolk

Norfolk, VA · ~61 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BT Norfolk runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

BT Norfolk: 1.0 TCR = 36% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BT Norfolk safety composite

BT Norfolk scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

BT Norfolk: 0.0 → 1.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

BT Norfolk's TCR rose 1.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Norfolk, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 36% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/152
  • PHOTO Comfort Systems USA …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Comfort Systems USA Southeast. Pensacola Div 10 (0.0 TCR gap)

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BT Norfolk in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BT Norfolk averages 1.0 TCR (36% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

BT Norfolk TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.4 · BLS 2.8

Where BT Norfolk falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 152 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Virginia.

BT Norfolk (61 employees, TCR 1.0) 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 BT Norfolk
BT Norfolk (61 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

BT Norfolk has more employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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
2023 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2019 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2018 3.4 1.7 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · VA · Norfolk

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 473 employers in Norfolk, 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 Comfort Systems USA Southeast. Pensacola Div 10 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mesa - Arizona 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Commercial Air and Refrigeration, LLC 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midstate Plumbing and Heating, INC. 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE PGEC HQ 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Southern Virginia 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Polu Kai Services - Falls Curch 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Location 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sentara Norfolk General Hospital 4,863 FTE
CITY-NEAR Childrens Hospital of The Kings Dau 3,707 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Atlantic Group dba DZ Atlantic 3,248 FTE
CITY-NEAR Norfolk State University 2,981 FTE
NAT-TCR Fort Bragg NC 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Gammex, Inc 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Office/Warehouse 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR SEAM Group LLC 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE BT Syracuse 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Computech Manufacturing 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE KEES Inc. 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Honeywell Safety Products 61 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.