Plumbing and heating contractors · Maryland

Charles A. Klein and Sons, Inc

Sykesville, MD · ~110 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Charles A. Klein and Sons, Inc runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Charles A. Klein and Sons, Inc: 1.1 TCR = 41% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Charles A. Klein and Sons, Inc safety composite

Charles A. Klein and Sons, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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).

C

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.9

2018→2024

Charles A. Klein and Sons, Inc injury rate improved

Charles A. Klein and Sons, Inc's TCR fell 0.9 from 0.9 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.9 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Sykesville, MD AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 41% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/121
  • PHOTO Mechanical Contracto…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~110 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mechanical Contractors Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Charles A. Klein and Sons, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Charles A. Klein and Sons, Inc averages 1.1 TCR (41% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Charles A. Klein and Sons, Inc TCR series: 2018=0.9 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Charles A. Klein and Sons, Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 121 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Maryland.

Charles A. Klein and Sons, Inc (110 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 Charles A. Klein and Sons, Inc
Charles A. Klein and Sons, Inc (110 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Charles A. Klein and Sons, Inc has more employees than the Plumbing and heating 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.1 2.1 3 0 0
2021 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2020 2.4 2.4 3 0 0
2019 1.7 1.7 2 0 0
2018 0.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MD · Sykesville

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 23 employers in Sykesville, MD · 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 Mechanical Contractors Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harris Arizona, LLC 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR FPI Mechanical, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Evaptech 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE EMS Technologies, LLC 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electrico, Inc. 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heller Electric Co., Inc 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Teledyne FLIR Elkridge 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR Springfield Hospital Center 750 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2436 337 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2436 326 FTE
CITY-NEAR Retro Environmental, Inc. - Maryland 235 FTE
NAT-TCR STR0638 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Amberwood Care Centre 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Douglasville GA 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Town of Leland: Fire Station 53 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Danbury Broadview Heights 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Rehabilitation Center at Sandalwood 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Communications Construction, Inc. 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Safire Rehabilitation of Southtowns 110 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.