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

Snell Heating and Air Conditioning

Sterling, VA · ~75 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Snell Heating and Air Conditioning runs at 235% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Snell Heating and Air Conditioning: 6.6 TCR = 235% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Snell Heating and Air Conditioning safety composite

Snell Heating and Air Conditioning scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

Snell Heating and Air Conditioning: 1.8 → 9.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 9.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.31× in 2024

Snell Heating and Air Conditioning's TCR rose 8.0 from 1.8 in 2019 to 9.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Sterling, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 235% of ind

  • DART 8.7 DART
  • RANK #128/152
  • PHOTO Freund Enterprises I…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Freund Enterprises Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Snell Heating and Air Conditioning in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Snell Heating and Air Conditioning averages 6.6 TCR (235% 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

Snell Heating and Air Conditioning TCR series: 2019=1.8 · 2020=9.4 · 2021=5 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=9.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Snell Heating and Air Conditioning falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 23% 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 #128 safest of 152 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Virginia.

Snell Heating and Air Conditioning (75 employees, TCR 6.6) 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 Snell Heating and Air Conditioning
Snell Heating and Air Conditioning (75 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Snell Heating and Air Conditioning 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 9.7 8.7 9 0 0
2023 7.3 5.8 5 0 0
2022 6.4 5.1 5 0 0
2021 5.0 5.0 4 0 0
2020 9.4 8.1 7 0 0
2019 1.8 1.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · VA · Sterling

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 222 employers in Sterling, 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 Freund Enterprises Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yavapai Mechanical 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brockway Mechanical DesMoines 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Boston Fire Sprinkler Protection Co., LLC 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE John W Vaughan Ctr Transp 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anderson Construction 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Richmond VA Branch Svc 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Office 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DDC4 868 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wegmans Dulles 007 478 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prospect Waterproofing Company 465 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2038 421 FTE
NAT-TCR 1489 - Garland East 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 1868 - Sherwood 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 1876 - Covington 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 1940 - Sugarcreek Township 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE NA-US-CA-Petaluma-1362 N McDowell Blvd. 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Life Care Center of Carrollton 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northwest Confections, LLC 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE S72 Sen - Milpitas 75 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.