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

A-J Sheet Metal, Inc

North Platte, NE · ~38 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A-J Sheet Metal, Inc runs at 267% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

A-J Sheet Metal, Inc: 7.5 TCR = 267% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A-J Sheet Metal, Inc safety composite

A-J Sheet Metal, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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 7.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

A-J Sheet Metal, Inc: 4.8 → 11.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 11.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.99× in 2024

A-J Sheet Metal, Inc's TCR rose 6.3 from 4.8 in 2016 to 11.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · North Platte, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 267% of ind

  • DART 7.4 DART
  • RANK #38/49
  • PHOTO RC Metalworks- a div…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RC Metalworks- a division of Aero Mechanical, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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A-J Sheet Metal, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A-J Sheet Metal, Inc averages 7.5 TCR (267% 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

A-J Sheet Metal, Inc TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=8 · 2018=5.9 · 2024=11.1 · BLS 2.8

Where A-J Sheet Metal, Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 49 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Nebraska.

A-J Sheet Metal, Inc (38 employees, TCR 7.5) 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 A-J Sheet Metal, Inc
A-J Sheet Metal, Inc (38 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

A-J Sheet Metal, Inc has fewer 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 11.1 7.4 3 0 0
2018 5.9 5.9 1 1 0
2017 8.0 2.7 2 1 0
2016 4.8 4.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NE · North Platte

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 70 employers in North Platte, NE · 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 RC Metalworks- a division of Aero Mechanical, Inc. 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NBLY Co Ops AZ SPV LLC d/b/a Mr Rooter Plumbing of Tucson 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ABM Mechanical Inc 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sarracco Mechanical Waterbury 01 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE R Lazy K Inc. 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHE - Papillion W 6th St (NE010) 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Energy Center Omaha 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Darland Construction 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 7018 607 FTE
CITY-NEAR 7018 562 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1585 398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1585 393 FTE
NAT-TCR Boise West of Cascadia LLC 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hanford Sand and Gravel 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Buffalo Lake Elementary 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR San Bernardino Warehouse 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rockledge 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE FRP Construction, LLC 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Overhead Door Co of Norwich, Incorporated 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE American House - West Knoxville 38 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.