Plumbing and heating contractors · Virginia

J. Kittelberger & Sons, Inc.

Name: J. Kittelberger & Sons, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lorton, VA · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.4
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

J. Kittelberger & Sons, Inc. runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

J. Kittelberger & Sons, Inc.: 3.4 TCR = 120% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J. Kittelberger & Sons, Inc. safety composite

J. Kittelberger & Sons, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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).

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−6.7

2022→2023

J. Kittelberger & Sons, Inc. injury rate improved

J. Kittelberger & Sons, Inc.'s TCR fell 6.7 from 6.7 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.7 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Lorton, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 120% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #92/152
PHOTO Geauga Mechanical Co…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Geauga Mechanical Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows J. Kittelberger & Sons, Inc. averages 3.4 TCR (120% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

J. Kittelberger & Sons, Inc. TCR series: 2022=6.7 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where J. Kittelberger & Sons, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #92 safest of 152 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Virginia.

J. Kittelberger & Sons, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

J. Kittelberger & Sons, Inc. has fewer 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	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2022	6.7	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · VA · Lorton

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 64 employers in Lorton, VA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Geauga Mechanical Co., Inc.	CHARDON, OH	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hunter Mechanical, Inc.	WEST CHESTER, PA	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Central Sheet Metal Co Inc	COLUMBUS, IN	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Miller Proctor Nicholas, Inc	SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY	3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Eastville Farm	EASTVILLE	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BIRDSONG PEANUTS SOUTHAMPTON	FRANKLIN	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	L&D Well Service Inc	VANSANT	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Colonial Energy, Inc.	FAIRFAX	22 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lorton Transportation Center	Lorton	1,372 FTE
CITY-NEAR	7040 TRANSIT REGION-DIAMOND TRANSPORTATION	Lorton	361 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Maryland	Lorton	316 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Virginia	Lorton	313 FTE
NAT-TCR	Boulder Service Center-205	Boulder, CO	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Yaskawa Solectria Solar	Lawrence, MA	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	C&B A3 Communications Greenville, SC 702	Greenville, SC	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fiesta # 41	Houston, TX	3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	McCoys Building Supply-Brownwood	Brownwood, TX	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tunica Gin Corporation	Tunica, MS	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Engineered Supply, LLC	Bayport, MN	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TX.IRVIN.51 - Ricoh Usa, Inc	Irving, TX	22 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.