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

Richards Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc.

Brooklyn, NY · ~77 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Richards Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Richards Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc.: 3.9 TCR = 138% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Richards Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. safety composite

Richards Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−2.3

2017→2024

Richards Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Richards Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 2.3 from 4.1 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.1 · 2018=5.7 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Brooklyn, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 138% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #171/297
  • PHOTO Comfort Systems USA …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Comfort Systems USA Ohio Columbus (0.0 TCR gap)

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Richards Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Richards Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. averages 3.9 TCR (138% 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

Richards Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.1 · 2018=5.7 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Richards Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #171 safest of 297 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in New York.

Richards Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. (77 employees, TCR 3.9) 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 Richards Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc.
Richards Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. (77 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Richards Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. has more 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 1.8 0.0 2 0 0
2018 5.7 5.7 3 0 0
2017 4.1 4.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NY · Brooklyn

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 941 employers in Brooklyn, NY · 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 Comfort Systems USA Ohio Columbus 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bill Howe Heating and Air Conditioning 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3285_7041 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4915_11398 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Delaney Associates, LP 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lantek Fiber Optic Service, Inc. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vestal Asphalt Inc. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Tunneling -New York 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR EDI - Brooklyn 946 9,270 FTE
CITY-NEAR S & A Unified Home Care, Inc. 7,782 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maimonides Medical Center 6,641 FTE
CITY-NEAR NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn 5,690 FTE
NAT-TCR CA-Big Creek 8 PH 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ahaus Tool & Engineering 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 088 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Southern Structures, Inc 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 06011-06-06-SACRAMENTO 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE 06010-06-06-FREMONT 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northwest Partitions Inc 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Alabama Mechanical, Inc. 77 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.