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

Durham & Sons, Inc.

Name: Durham & Sons, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Melbourne, FL · ~24 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Durham & Sons, Inc. runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Durham & Sons, Inc.: 2.3 TCR = 83% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Durham & Sons, Inc. safety composite

Durham & Sons, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

Durham & Sons, Inc.: 5.3 → 11.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 11.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.64× in 2024

Durham & Sons, Inc.'s TCR rose 6.1 from 5.3 in 2016 to 11.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Melbourne, FL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 83% of ind

DART 3.8 DART
RANK #132/425
PHOTO Great Lakes Plumbing…
BOOK 9y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Great Lakes Plumbing & Heating Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Durham & Sons, Inc. averages 2.3 TCR (83% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

Durham & Sons, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=11.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Durham & Sons, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #132 safest of 425 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Florida.

Durham & Sons, Inc. (24 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Durham & Sons, Inc. has fewer 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
2024	11.4	3.8	3
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	4.3	4.3	1
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	5.3	5.3	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · FL · Melbourne

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 305 employers in Melbourne, FL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Great Lakes Plumbing & Heating Company	WESTMONT, IL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ahern Menomonie (NW)	MENOMONIE, WI	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Greco and Haines, Inc.	DERBY, CT	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lawson Mechanical Contractors, LLC	SACRAMENTO, CA	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Stone Henge	HOMESTEAD	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Trulieve Calumet	CLEARWATER	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Harplyn Inc	ARCADIA	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JW Turf Farms, Inc.	JUPITER	24 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NGAS-A458	Melbourne	4,719 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HOLMES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	Melbourne	2,725 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nextech HVACR	Melbourne	2,358 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Health First Medical Group	Melbourne	1,787 FTE
NAT-TCR	Barney & Dickenson Inc	Vestal, NY	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Green Plains Madison LLC	Madison, IL	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Enterprise Electronics Corporation	Enterprise, AL	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rinchem Company - CSC 16 Hillsboro	Hillsboro, OR	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Watercrest at Mansfield	Mansfield, TX	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Farm Winery	Orrtanna, PA	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Louisiana Scrap Processors, LLC	Lafayette, LA	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Stainless Steel Limited	Miller, MO	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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.