Mechanical contractors · Maryland

Harvey W. Hottel

Gaithersburg, MD · ~95 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Harvey W. Hottel runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Harvey W. Hottel: 1.5 TCR = 53% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Harvey W. Hottel safety composite

Harvey W. Hottel scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−2.5

2021→2024

Harvey W. Hottel injury rate improved

Harvey W. Hottel's TCR fell 2.5 from 3.6 in 2021 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.6 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Gaithersburg, MD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.5 · 53% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #31/121
  • PHOTO Sauer Group, LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~95 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sauer Group, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Harvey W. Hottel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Harvey W. Hottel averages 1.5 TCR (53% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Harvey W. Hottel TCR series: 2021=3.6 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Harvey W. Hottel falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 78% 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 #31 safest of 121 Mechanical contractors employers in Maryland.

Harvey W. Hottel (95 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 Harvey W. Hottel
Harvey W. Hottel (95 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Harvey W. Hottel has more employees than the Mechanical contractors 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
2024 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 3.6 2.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MD · Gaithersburg

5,793 Mechanical 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 Sauer Group, LLC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Multifamily 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ShoMe Fire Sprinkler Co Inc 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Office - 001 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Trulieve 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE WGL MD - Chillum Road 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nichols Contracting Inc 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6901 PENNSY PLNT TRST 95 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 Berry Global 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Rottler Pest & Lawn Solutions 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR scanlon-taylor millwork company 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Equipment Depot Texas, Inc. - Houston 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Microtech Knives - 321 Fanning Fields 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE El Ranchero Inc 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE RoadRunner Logistics Inc. 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maplewood YMCA Community Center 95 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.