School building construction · Maryland

HESS Construction + Engineering Services

Gaithersburg, MD · ~53 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HESS Construction + Engineering Services runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical School building construction workplace, earning a grade A.

HESS Construction + Engineering Services: 0.5 TCR = 16% of School building construction BLS 2.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HESS Construction + Engineering Services safety composite

HESS Construction + Engineering Services scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−1.4

2018→2021

HESS Construction + Engineering Services injury rate improved

HESS Construction + Engineering Services's TCR fell 1.4 from 1.4 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Gaithersburg, MD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 16% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/99
  • PHOTO Tyler Construction G…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tyler Construction Group, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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HESS Construction + Engineering Services in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HESS Construction + Engineering Services averages 0.5 TCR (16% of the School building construction BLS benchmark).

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

HESS Construction + Engineering Services TCR series: 2018=1.4 · 2019=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.9

Where HESS Construction + Engineering Services falls in its industry

4,692 School building construction establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 99 School building construction employers in Maryland.

HESS Construction + Engineering Services (53 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate HESS Construction + Engineering Services
HESS Construction + Engineering Services (53 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

HESS Construction + Engineering Services has fewer employees than the School building construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.4 1.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · MD · Gaithersburg

4,692 School building construction 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 Tyler Construction Group, Inc 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Verst Burlington Pike 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Watchdog Building Partners 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR DPR Construction - San Diego 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conowingo Generating Station 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cobb Road Facility 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Office 71 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Paving Fabrics, Inc. 53 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 Halliburton - Duncan 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 6795-48163B0199 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR San Diego, CA HVAC 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR US162: Cleveland 515 - SG 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE US033: Allied - Kokomo 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE AIC MOdern Wing 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE EU Van Houten 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Belleville School District 53 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.