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

First Class HVAC and Plumbing

Millsboro, DE · ~47 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

First Class HVAC and Plumbing runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

First Class HVAC and Plumbing: 4.2 TCR = 150% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Class HVAC and Plumbing safety composite

First Class HVAC and Plumbing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−4.0

2022→2024

First Class HVAC and Plumbing injury rate improved

First Class HVAC and Plumbing's TCR fell 4.0 from 6.1 in 2022 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.1 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Millsboro, DE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 150% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #20/32
  • PHOTO FitzGerald Contracto…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FitzGerald Contractors, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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First Class HVAC and Plumbing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows First Class HVAC and Plumbing averages 4.2 TCR (150% 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

First Class HVAC and Plumbing TCR series: 2022=6.1 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 2.8

Where First Class HVAC and Plumbing falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Delaware alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 32 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Delaware.

First Class HVAC and Plumbing (47 employees, TCR 4.2) 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 First Class HVAC and Plumbing
First Class HVAC and Plumbing (47 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

First Class HVAC and Plumbing 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 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2023 4.3 0.0 2 0 0
2022 6.1 2.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · DE · Millsboro

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,487 rated employers in Delaware with headcount on file · 53 employers in Millsboro, DE · 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 FitzGerald Contractors, LLC 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR HVAC, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Synergy LLC 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milwaukee Plumbing & Piping, Inc. 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Blenheim Management Company 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE ESI 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ralph and Paul Adams Inc. 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tailbangers, Inc. 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Millsboro Processing 2,261 FTE
CITY-NEAR Allen Harim LLC 1,271 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEL0000021 GOODWILL INDUSTRIES - MILLSBORO 1,028 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pinnacle Plant /Allen Harim LLC 397 FTE
NAT-TCR Woodbury 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0228 Rocklin 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Niello Audi 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kls Angelcare Oh 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meridian Waste South Carolina, LLC - Eco Waste 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE ARLANXEO Performance Elastomer Orange TX 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE C Harper - Honda 47 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.