Plumbing and heating contractors · Virginia
Comfort Systems USA Mid Atlantic
South Boston, VA · ~202 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Comfort Systems USA Mid Atlantic runs at 21% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade A.
Comfort Systems USA Mid Atlantic: 0.6 TCR = 21% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Comfort Systems USA Mid Atlantic safety composite
Comfort Systems USA Mid Atlantic scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).
71/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 94% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% 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
Comfort Systems USA Mid Atlantic: 0.8 → 1.2 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 1.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2024
Comfort Systems USA Mid Atlantic's TCR rose 0.4 from 0.8 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238220 · South Boston, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 21% of ind
- DART 0.4 DART
- RANK #9/152
- PHOTO Midwest Automatic Fi…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~202 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Midwest Automatic Fire Sprinkler Company (0.0 TCR gap)
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Comfort Systems USA Mid Atlantic in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Comfort Systems USA Mid Atlantic
0.6 TCR
- Midwest Automa
Midwest Automatic Fire Sprinkler Company
0.6 TCR
- 0F95 - NEW HAM
0F95 - NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRE
0.6 TCR
- Mesa - Chino
Mesa - Chino
0.6 TCR
- Hart Engineeri
Hart Engineering Corporation
0.6 TCR
What this shows Comfort Systems USA Mid Atlantic averages 0.6 TCR (21% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).
Comfort Systems USA Mid Atlantic TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=0.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 2.8
Where Comfort Systems USA Mid Atlantic falls in its industry
5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishmentsSafer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 152 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Virginia.
Comfort Systems USA Mid Atlantic 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 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238220 · VA · South Boston
5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 43 employers in South Boston, 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 | Midwest Automatic Fire Sprinkler Company | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 0F95 - NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRE | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mesa - Chino | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hart Engineering Corporation | 0.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BATTLEFIELD FARMS INC. | 202 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Public Works | 202 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ANNIN FLAGMAKERS-SOUTH BOSTON | 202 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Voyant Beauty Roanoke | 202 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South Boston, DC | 635 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hitachi Energy USA, inc. South Boston, VA | 595 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital | 592 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South Boston - 2135 Philpott Road | 552 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Holder Construction Group, LLC | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Chemours Company FC, LLC - Louisville | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Newberg Dodge | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | JTEKT Automotive North America | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Brock - Milford | 202 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 020-Chicago | 202 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PENN Warehousing & Distribution, Inc. (Auto Division) | 202 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Surlean Foods San Antonio | 202 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.