HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors · Maryland

Kirlin Design Build

Rockville, MD · ~17 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kirlin Design Build runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Kirlin Design Build: 1.7 TCR = 61% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kirlin Design Build safety composite

Kirlin Design Build scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

Kirlin Design Build: 0.0 → 5.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.73× in 2018

Kirlin Design Build's TCR rose 5.1 from 0.0 in 2016 to 5.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 61% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #40/121
  • PHOTO Matrix HG, Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Matrix HG, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kirlin Design Build in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kirlin Design Build averages 1.7 TCR (61% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Kirlin Design Build TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=5.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Kirlin Design Build falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 74% 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 #40 safest of 121 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Maryland.

Kirlin Design Build (17 employees, TCR 1.7) 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 Kirlin Design Build
Kirlin Design Build (17 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Kirlin Design Build has fewer employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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
2018 5.1 2.9 26 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MD · Rockville

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 225 employers in Rockville, MD · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Matrix HG, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR CAROLINA COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Intech Mechanical Company, LLC 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR BT Sandy UT 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Stonehall Condos (Woodmont View) 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE C H Attick Electric, Inc. 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Baltimore Store 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bevcorp East Coast Seamers 17 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adventist Health Shady Grove Medical Center 2,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center 2,461 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shady Grove Adventist Hospital 2,357 FTE
CITY-NEAR MOM's Organic Market 1,354 FTE
NAT-TCR 824/826 Kropp Court 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Redford 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Rbco 13 Mo Dpso 90-13-01-90 1.7 TCR

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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.