Air system balancing and testing · Maryland

Special Projects & Service dpt

Derwood, MD · ~79 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Special Projects & Service dpt runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Air system balancing and testing workplace, earning a grade C.

Special Projects & Service dpt: 2.6 TCR = 92% of Air system balancing and testing BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Special Projects & Service dpt safety composite

Special Projects & Service dpt scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

Special Projects & Service dpt: 0.0 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.16× in 2024

Special Projects & Service dpt's TCR rose 3.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 92% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #61/121
  • PHOTO TLC Plumbing & Utility
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TLC Plumbing & Utility (0.0 TCR gap)

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Special Projects & Service dpt in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Special Projects & Service dpt averages 2.6 TCR (92% of the Air system balancing and testing BLS benchmark).

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

Special Projects & Service dpt TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=5.6 · 2024=3 · BLS 2.8

Where Special Projects & Service dpt falls in its industry

5,793 Air system balancing and testi establishments

Safer than 59% 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 #61 safest of 121 Air system balancing and testi employers in Maryland.

Special Projects & Service dpt (79 employees, TCR 2.6) 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 Special Projects & Service dpt
Special Projects & Service dpt (79 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Special Projects & Service dpt has more employees than the Air system balancing and testing 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
2024 3.0 3.0 2 0 0
2023 5.6 2.8 4 0 0
2022 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MD · Derwood

5,793 Air system balancing and testing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 10 employers in Derwood, 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 TLC Plumbing & Utility 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Estes Services 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Infinity Contractors International, LTD 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aire Sheet Metal, Inc. 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Desbuild Incorporated 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Towson Mechanical, Inc. 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE NA-US-MD-Hunt Valley-Clubhouse Road 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ecotone, LLC 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Pool Service 466 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Options Rockville MD 235 FTE
CITY-NEAR GIANT 161 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR 100161 84 FTE
NAT-TCR Heritage Village 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR HIMB 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Almond Tree Hulling Co. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Carry Transit - Bridgeview 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE KeyBridge Smiles 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parkline, Inc. - Texas Plant 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Slaton Brothers Inc, 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midcon Cables Company - SC 79 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.