Fire sprinkler system installation · Virginia

Fire & Life Safety America Tidewater

Portsmouth, VA · ~60 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Fire & Life Safety America Tidewater runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fire sprinkler system installation workplace, earning a grade C.

Fire & Life Safety America Tidewater: 2.3 TCR = 81% of Fire sprinkler system installation BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire & Life Safety America Tidewater safety composite

Fire & Life Safety America Tidewater scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−1.9

2019→2021

Fire & Life Safety America Tidewater injury rate improved

Fire & Life Safety America Tidewater's TCR fell 1.9 from 3.5 in 2019 to 1.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.5 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Portsmouth, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 81% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #65/152
  • PHOTO Grunau Company Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grunau Company Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fire & Life Safety America Tidewater in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fire & Life Safety America Tidewater averages 2.3 TCR (81% of the Fire sprinkler system installation BLS benchmark).

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

Fire & Life Safety America Tidewater TCR series: 2019=3.5 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Fire & Life Safety America Tidewater falls in its industry

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installa establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #65 safest of 152 Fire sprinkler system installa employers in Virginia.

Fire & Life Safety America Tidewater (60 employees, TCR 2.3) 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 Fire & Life Safety America Tidewater
Fire & Life Safety America Tidewater (60 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Fire & Life Safety America Tidewater has more employees than the Fire sprinkler system installation 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
2021 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2020 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2019 3.5 3.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · VA · Portsmouth

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 137 employers in Portsmouth, 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 Grunau Company Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR J&A Mechanical Contractors Inc 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Value Pro Mechanical Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Academy Fire - Grand Prairie BCI 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE 324-NiSource-Suffolk VA-Op Ctr 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coleman-Adams Construction, Inc 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Powell's Creek Solar Farm 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE 527 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maryview Medical Center 1,724 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia International Gateway 926 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ceres Hampton Roads 797 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia International Gateway by Virginia Interna 545 FTE
NAT-TCR Ruan Transport Corporation T-309 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ruan Transport Corporation T-501 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CTC Pilot Plant 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 42421d - Columbus 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE JAN-CA-SoCal 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE TC Transcontinental Albany 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Willitts Equipment Co. Inc. 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Acker-Stone Industries 60 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.