Plumbing and heating contractors · Maryland

Joseph M. Zimmer, Inc.

Name: Joseph M. Zimmer, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Salisbury, MD · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.1
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Joseph M. Zimmer, Inc. runs at 255% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Joseph M. Zimmer, Inc.: 7.1 TCR = 255% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Joseph M. Zimmer, Inc. safety composite

Joseph M. Zimmer, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−6.4

2017→2019

Joseph M. Zimmer, Inc. injury rate improved

Joseph M. Zimmer, Inc.'s TCR fell 6.4 from 10.3 in 2017 to 4.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.3 · 2019=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 255% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #103/121
PHOTO AB May Company
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AB May Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Joseph M. Zimmer, Inc. averages 7.1 TCR (255% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

Joseph M. Zimmer, Inc. TCR series: 2017=10.3 · 2019=4 · BLS 2.8

Where Joseph M. Zimmer, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #103 safest of 121 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Maryland.

Joseph M. Zimmer, Inc. (53 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Joseph M. Zimmer, 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
2019	4.0	0.0	2	0	0
2017	10.3	2.1	5	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MD · Salisbury

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 132 employers in Salisbury, MD · 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	AB May Company	KANSAS CITY, MO	7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hinton Refrigeration Co.	OKC, OK	7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Craig Mechanical, Inc.	RIVERSIDE, CA	7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	L&S Plumbing Partnership, Ltd. d/b/a L&S Mechanical - McKinney Location	MCKINNEY, TX	7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Conowingo Generating Station	DARLINGTON	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cobb Road Facility	LANDOVER	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Office 71	LAUREL	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HESS Construction + Engineering Services	GAITHERSBURG	53 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Corporate Office	Salisbury	637 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Salisbury Plant	Salisbury	584 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4795-PD-SBY-SALISBURY-PD	Salisbury	437 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Salisbury	Salisbury	430 FTE
NAT-TCR	Office	Cordova, TN	7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shopko Hometown #653 (Gladwin, MI)	Gladwin, MI	7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Max & Erma's Washington	Washington, PA	7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	ACME Equipment	Grand Forks, ND	7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Country Inn & Suites Anaheim	Anaheim, CA	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Suiza - Spartanburg OTR	Spartanburg, SC	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CH6 New Limeco,LLC	Princeton, FL	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hillcrest FHC Annex	San Diego, CA	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: 2019, 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.