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

Burns and McBride

New Castle, DE · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Burns and McBride runs at 281% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Burns and McBride: 7.9 TCR = 281% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Burns and McBride safety composite

Burns and McBride scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

Burns and McBride: 3.2 → 12.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 12.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.8× in 2024

Burns and McBride's TCR rose 9.4 from 3.2 in 2023 to 12.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · New Castle, DE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 281% of ind

  • DART 6.3 DART
  • RANK #30/32
  • PHOTO RAC Mechanical
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RAC Mechanical (0.0 TCR gap)

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Burns and McBride in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Burns and McBride averages 7.9 TCR (281% 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

Burns and McBride TCR series: 2023=3.2 · 2024=12.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Burns and McBride falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 17% 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 #30 safest of 32 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Delaware.

Burns and McBride (36 employees, TCR 7.9) 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 Burns and McBride
Burns and McBride (36 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Burns and McBride has fewer employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi median and a higher 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 12.6 6.3 4 0 0
2023 3.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · DE · New Castle

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,487 rated employers in Delaware with headcount on file · 192 employers in New Castle, 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 RAC Mechanical 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PHA INC 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Falcone Truman Plumbing Heating,Inc 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR A-1 Advanced Plumbing, Inc. 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE L. Wilson Masonry Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.W. Walker & Sons, Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bed Bath and Beyond Brandywine Wilmington 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE 830 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEL0000070 GOODWILL INDUSTRIES - OUTLET 1,028 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - ILG1 864 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - PHL1 646 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEL0000050 GOODWILL INDUSTRIES - WAREHOU 633 FTE
NAT-TCR Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Treasure Coast 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR S.J. Distributors LLC-Gilroy Warehouse 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Anaheim Memorial Med Ctr Hsk 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Unity Groves Corporation 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Garden State Bobcat, Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Texas ProFab Corporation 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Human Technologies Syracuse 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Village of Spring Grove 36 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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