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

W.E.Bowers

Beltsville, MD · ~1,450 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

W.E.Bowers runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

W.E.Bowers: 2.0 TCR = 73% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

W.E.Bowers safety composite

W.E.Bowers scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

2018→2024

W.E.Bowers injury rate improved

W.E.Bowers's TCR fell 2.3 from 3.3 in 2018 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.3 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Beltsville, MD AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 73% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #48/121
  • PHOTO New Line Mechanical,…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 173 inj
  • SIZE ~1,450 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: New Line Mechanical, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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W.E.Bowers in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows W.E.Bowers averages 2.0 TCR (73% 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

W.E.Bowers TCR series: 2018=3.3 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=2 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 2.8

Where W.E.Bowers falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 68% 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 #48 safest of 121 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Maryland.

W.E.Bowers (1,450 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate W.E.Bowers
W.E.Bowers (1,450 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

W.E.Bowers has more employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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 0.9 0.9 14 0 0
2023 1.8 1.4 23 1 0
2022 2.0 1.9 35 0 0
2021 2.1 1.7 35 0 0
2018 3.3 2.9 42 0 0
2017 - - 24 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MD · Beltsville

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 97 employers in Beltsville, 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 New Line Mechanical, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Impact Fire - Greensboro Blackstone 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR GFS Texas 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carrigan Brothers, LLC 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hayward Baker, Inc 1,472 FTE
STATE-SIZE 816 - EFC3 Edgewood, MD 1,477 FTE
STATE-SIZE Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital 1,419 FTE
STATE-SIZE 102148 - Cove Point LNG Export Terminal 1,416 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kaiser 1,670 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manganaro Mid-Atlantic 920 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beltsville Agricultural Research Center 609 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manganaro Midatlantic LLC 484 FTE
NAT-TCR Empire Packing Company LP 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlas Roofing Corporation 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR New England Disposal Technologies, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR D.R. Mozeley Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Supply Chain - Decatur 1,450 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holder Construction Group, LLC 1,450 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smithfield Foods, Inc 1,450 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dart Container Horse Cave 1,450 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, 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.