Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors · Maryland

Crouse Brothers HVAC, Inc

Elkton, MD · ~24 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Crouse Brothers HVAC, Inc runs at 503% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Crouse Brothers HVAC, Inc: 14.1 TCR = 503% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Crouse Brothers HVAC, Inc safety composite

Crouse Brothers HVAC, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−5.4

2021→2024

Crouse Brothers HVAC, Inc injury rate improved

Crouse Brothers HVAC, Inc's TCR fell 5.4 from 14.8 in 2021 to 9.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 27.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=14.8 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=27.9 · 2024=9.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Elkton, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.1 · 503% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #119/121
  • PHOTO Mountain Air Conditi…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mountain Air Conditioning & Heating (0.0 TCR gap)

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Crouse Brothers HVAC, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Crouse Brothers HVAC, Inc averages 14.1 TCR (503% of the Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Crouse Brothers HVAC, Inc TCR series: 2021=14.8 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=27.9 · 2024=9.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Crouse Brothers HVAC, Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 4% 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 #119 safest of 121 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Maryland.

Crouse Brothers HVAC, Inc (24 employees, TCR 14.1) 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 Crouse Brothers HVAC, Inc
Crouse Brothers HVAC, Inc (24 employees, TCR 14.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Crouse Brothers HVAC, Inc has fewer employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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 9.3 4.7 2 0 0
2023 27.9 15.9 7 0 0
2022 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 14.8 9.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MD · Elkton

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 76 employers in Elkton, 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 Mountain Air Conditioning & Heating 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR GARY & SONS INC 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vermont Mechanical Inc 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SAO 14.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - MDR 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keys Energy Center 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blakely Building 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE 309-NiSource-Hagerstown MD 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Union Hospital of Cecil County 1,231 FTE
CITY-NEAR TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION 835 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation - Elkton 630 FTE
CITY-NEAR NGDS-MD50 597 FTE
NAT-TCR Vision Drive LLC 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Little Chute Health Services 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 0578 - Tyler TX DC 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR AdamsPlace 14.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Argus Construction Corp. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holland Farms, Inc 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Staypineapple South End Boston 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Aviation - OXC 24 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. 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.