Plumbing and heating contractors · Maryland

GAC Services

Gaithersburg, MD · ~132 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GAC Services runs at 446% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

GAC Services: 12.5 TCR = 446% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GAC Services safety composite

GAC Services scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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 12.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−3.3

2022→2023

GAC Services injury rate improved

GAC Services's TCR fell 3.3 from 14.2 in 2022 to 10.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 14.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=14.2 · 2023=10.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Gaithersburg, MD ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.5 · 446% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK #118/121
  • PHOTO Design Heating and A…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~132 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Design Heating and Air Conditioning (0.0 TCR gap)

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GAC Services in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GAC Services averages 12.5 TCR (446% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

GAC Services TCR series: 2022=14.2 · 2023=10.8 · BLS 2.8

Where GAC Services falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 6% 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 #118 safest of 121 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Maryland.

GAC Services (132 employees, TCR 12.5) 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 GAC Services
GAC Services (132 employees, TCR 12.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

GAC Services has more employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors 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
2023 10.8 5.0 12 1 0
2022 14.2 6.7 18 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MD · Gaithersburg

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 202 employers in Gaithersburg, 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 Design Heating and Air Conditioning 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kennco Plumbing, Inc. 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR JM Mechanical 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR True Air Mechanical 12.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coakley Williams - Head Office 132 FTE
STATE-SIZE East Regional Rebar, Inc 132 FTE
STATE-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-DC NE 132 FTE
STATE-SIZE Packaging Services of Maryland 132 FTE
CITY-NEAR AstraZeneca Gaithersburg Campus 4,117 FTE
CITY-NEAR MDGAI - GAITHERSBURG HUB 794 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adventist Healthcare Support Center to SGMC 764 FTE
CITY-NEAR MDGAI - GAITHERSBURG-PACKAGE CENTER 759 FTE
NAT-TCR TAFCO 22b35 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pacific Retirement Services 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR DynaChem Inc 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bishop Place 12.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Market Basket #15 132 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Francisco Proper 132 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thomas Precision Inc 132 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kennedy High School 132 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: 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.