Plumbing and heating contractors · Virginia

W E Brown Inc

Charlottesville, VA · ~43 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

W E Brown Inc runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

W E Brown Inc: 2.7 TCR = 97% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

W E Brown Inc safety composite

W E Brown Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−8.7

2019→2024

W E Brown Inc injury rate improved

W E Brown Inc's TCR fell 8.7 from 8.7 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Charlottesville, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 97% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #78/152
  • PHOTO Perfection Group, In…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Perfection Group, Inc., Dayton (0.0 TCR gap)

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W E Brown Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows W E Brown Inc averages 2.7 TCR (97% 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

W E Brown Inc TCR series: 2019=8.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where W E Brown Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 57% 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 #78 safest of 152 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Virginia.

W E Brown Inc (43 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 W E Brown Inc
W E Brown Inc (43 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

W E Brown Inc has fewer 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.1 2.5 2 0 0
2022 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.7 8.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · VA · Charlottesville

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 269 employers in Charlottesville, 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 Perfection Group, Inc., Dayton 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parise Mechanical Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR DOUGLAS ORR PLUMBING, INC. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Willow Springs 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tahoe Hydro 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Soli Organic Inc. - Elkwood 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prospect Solar LLC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water and Sewer 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Virginia 11,898 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Of Virginia (209) Health System 10,653 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Virginia Medical Center 8,738 FTE
CITY-NEAR UVA Medical Center 7,268 FTE
NAT-TCR Es-St Vince East Bh 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Google Chicago 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Clinton Plant 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Frenchman Valley Produce, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE SB Houston 22 LLC 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ex-Cell Kaiser, LLC 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cape Regional Medical Center 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Berkshire School 43 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.