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

Laurel

Laurel, MD · ~30 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Laurel runs at 341% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Laurel: 9.6 TCR = 341% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Laurel safety composite

Laurel scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 32.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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

Laurel: 0.0 → 32.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 32.0 TCR · DART/TCR 3.36× in 2024

Laurel's TCR rose 32.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 32.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 9.6 · 341% of ind

  • DART 32.0 DART
  • RANK #113/121
  • PHOTO Benedict Sales & Ser…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Benedict Sales & Service - Eau Claire (0.0 TCR gap)

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Laurel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Laurel averages 9.6 TCR (341% of the Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Laurel TCR series: 2018=0 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=12.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=32 · BLS 2.8

Where Laurel falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 12% 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 #113 safest of 121 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Maryland.

Laurel (30 employees, TCR 9.6) 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 Laurel
Laurel (30 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Laurel has fewer employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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
2024 32.0 32.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 12.5 12.5 4 0 0
2021 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MD · Laurel

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 125 employers in Laurel, 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 Benedict Sales & Service - Eau Claire 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Idealair Heating Cooling Inc 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Merit Mechanical, Inc. 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heating & Cooling Two, Inc. 9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wildcat Point Generation Facility 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oliver Homes, Inc. 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2016106 - NIST Building 245 Modernization T.O. #1 & 6 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Life Science Products, Inc 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR BURTONSVILLE (MDBUR) 2,341 FTE
CITY-NEAR MDBUR - BURTONSVILLE 2,339 FTE
CITY-NEAR WSSC Water 1,668 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beltsville (Laurel) 1,661 FTE
NAT-TCR Speedwaysg 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Automotive Division of Indiana 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Brush Masters Inc 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 104 Dallas 9.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE SMS Fabrications Inc 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lorian Health San Jose 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Partners Transportation Services, LLC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valiant Construction LLC 30 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018. 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.