Mechanical contractors · Maryland

J. F. Fischer, Inc.

Baltimore, MD · ~76 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J. F. Fischer, Inc. runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

J. F. Fischer, Inc.: 3.8 TCR = 135% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J. F. Fischer, Inc. safety composite

J. F. Fischer, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

Rising injury rate

J. F. Fischer, Inc.: 3.2 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2023

J. F. Fischer, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.6 from 3.2 in 2017 to 3.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Baltimore, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 135% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #75/121
  • PHOTO Louis L. Buttermark …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Louis L. Buttermark & Sons, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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J. F. Fischer, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J. F. Fischer, Inc. averages 3.8 TCR (135% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

J. F. Fischer, Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.2 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=3.8 · BLS 2.8

Where J. F. Fischer, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 45% 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 #75 safest of 121 Mechanical contractors employers in Maryland.

J. F. Fischer, Inc. (76 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 J. F. Fischer, Inc.
J. F. Fischer, Inc. (76 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

J. F. Fischer, Inc. has more employees than the Mechanical 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 3.8 1.9 2 0 0
2022 6.1 4.1 3 0 0
2021 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2020 4.4 0.0 5 0 0
2017 3.2 2.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MD · Baltimore

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 1,031 employers in Baltimore, 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 Louis L. Buttermark & Sons, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Microsoft Washington Village 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Impact Fire - Springfield, MA (Legacy) 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR BRR Refrigeration HVAC LLC 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southern Region Facility 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbia, MD PS 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cochran & Mann, Inc 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Niagara Bottling LLC - Baltimore 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Johns Hopkins Hospital 12,523 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Maryland Medical Center 7,980 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sinai Hospital of Baltimore 7,770 FTE
CITY-NEAR NGMS-T340 6,180 FTE
NAT-TCR The Lowry 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Neshoba Feed Mill (MLO) 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Stellar Industries Inc. Garner Plant 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Stephenville Dirt Cheap 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Coe Press Equipment Corporation 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Owen Tree Service, Inc 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roanoke Svc Bldg 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kingsport Svc Ctr 76 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, 2021, 2020, 2017. 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.