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

Mechanical Service Co. Inc.

Virginia Beach, VA · ~27 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mechanical Service Co. Inc. runs at 261% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Mechanical Service Co. Inc.: 7.3 TCR = 261% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mechanical Service Co. Inc. safety composite

Mechanical Service Co. Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 18.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

−66.5

2016→2024

Mechanical Service Co. Inc. injury rate improved

Mechanical Service Co. Inc.'s TCR fell 66.5 from 85.3 in 2016 to 18.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 85.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=85.3 · 2017=5.5 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=11.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=7.5 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=18.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Virginia Beach, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 261% of ind

  • DART 18.8 DART
  • RANK #133/152
  • PHOTO Service Unlimited, I…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Service Unlimited, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mechanical Service Co. Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mechanical Service Co. Inc. averages 7.3 TCR (261% 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

Mechanical Service Co. Inc. TCR series: 2016=85.3 · 2017=5.5 · 2019=4 · 2020=11.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=7.5 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=18.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Mechanical Service Co. Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #133 safest of 152 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Virginia.

Mechanical Service Co. Inc. (27 employees, TCR 7.3) 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 Mechanical Service Co. Inc.
Mechanical Service Co. Inc. (27 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Mechanical Service Co. Inc. has fewer employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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 18.8 18.8 5 0 0
2023 3.9 0.0 1 0 0
2022 7.5 0.0 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 11.7 7.8 3 0 0
2019 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2017 5.5 5.5 1 0 0
2016 85.3 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · VA · Virginia Beach

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 486 employers in Virginia Beach, VA · 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 Service Unlimited, Inc. 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MONK HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR KF Mechanical LLC 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pasterkamp Heating and Air Conditioning Co. 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Temperanceville Hatchery 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Degesch America Weyers Cave 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Potomac Energy Center, LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rocky Mount Ofc and Svc Ctr 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Virginia Beach 8,144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Office - 01 7,774 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hii - Technical Solutions Division 4,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR STIHL Inc. 2,399 FTE
NAT-TCR Austin Foundry 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Home Office 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ethos Seafood Group 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Service Unlimited, Inc. 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pat Scott Masonry 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cherokee Enterprises, Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 1018 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Park Place Sign Systems, Inc 27 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, 2020, 2019, 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.