Plumbing and heating contractors · Virginia

USA VA Norfolk

Norfolk, VA · ~129 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

USA VA Norfolk runs at 14% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

USA VA Norfolk: 0.4 TCR = 14% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

USA VA Norfolk safety composite

USA VA Norfolk scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% 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

−0.8

2022→2023

USA VA Norfolk injury rate improved

USA VA Norfolk's TCR fell 0.8 from 0.8 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 0.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=0.8 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Norfolk, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 14% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/152
  • PHOTO Aven Fire Systems, I…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aven Fire Systems, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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USA VA Norfolk in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows USA VA Norfolk averages 0.4 TCR (14% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

USA VA Norfolk TCR series: 2022=0.8 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where USA VA Norfolk falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 98% 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 #1 safest of 152 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Virginia.

USA VA Norfolk (129 employees, TCR 0.4) 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 USA VA Norfolk
USA VA Norfolk (129 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

USA VA Norfolk has more employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · VA · Norfolk

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 473 employers in Norfolk, 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 Aven Fire Systems, Inc. 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Systems Services 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pinellas Park 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rowe Sprinkler Systems 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE International Paper 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Simmons Fredericksburg 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Don Beyer Motors, Inc 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Truck Enterprises Inc. 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sentara Norfolk General Hospital 4,863 FTE
CITY-NEAR Childrens Hospital of The Kings Dau 3,707 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Atlantic Group dba DZ Atlantic 3,248 FTE
CITY-NEAR Norfolk State University 2,981 FTE
NAT-TCR Kuehne + Nagel Inc. (NYC-6310) 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Taylor Corporation 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development (5) 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Weldon Technologies 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cambria Mill 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leclerc Foods Tennessee 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE 9I US Foods Omaha 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lendlease - Communities 129 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: 2023, 2022. 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.