Plumbing contractors · Minnesota

A.G.O'Brien Plumbing and Heating Company

Duluth, MN · ~58 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A.G.O'Brien Plumbing and Heating Company runs at 329% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

A.G.O'Brien Plumbing and Heating Company: 9.2 TCR = 329% of Plumbing contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A.G.O'Brien Plumbing and Heating Company safety composite

A.G.O'Brien Plumbing and Heating Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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.G.O'Brien Plumbing and Heating Company: 5.9 → 15.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 15.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.22× in 2024

A.G.O'Brien Plumbing and Heating Company's TCR rose 9.1 from 5.9 in 2022 to 15.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Duluth, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 329% of ind

  • DART 11.2 DART
  • RANK #118/153
  • PHOTO VRF Services of Texa…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VRF Services of Texas, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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A.G.O'Brien Plumbing and Heating Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A.G.O'Brien Plumbing and Heating Company averages 9.2 TCR (329% of the Plumbing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

A.G.O'Brien Plumbing and Heating Company TCR series: 2022=5.9 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=15 · BLS 2.8

Where A.G.O'Brien Plumbing and Heating Company falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing contractors establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #118 safest of 153 Plumbing contractors employers in Minnesota.

A.G.O'Brien Plumbing and Heating Company (58 employees, TCR 9.2) 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.G.O'Brien Plumbing and Heating Company
A.G.O'Brien Plumbing and Heating Company (58 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

A.G.O'Brien Plumbing and Heating Company has fewer employees than the Plumbing contractors 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 15.0 11.2 8 0 0
2023 6.7 0.0 3 0 0
2022 5.9 2.0 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MN · Duluth

5,793 Plumbing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 340 employers in Duluth, MN · 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 VRF Services of Texas, Inc. 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR RPB Enterprises dba Advantage Mechanical 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Artlip and Sons, Inc. 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Offices 9.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Vireo Health of MN - Otsego 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schwartz Farms SE Misc MN 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2101-Redwood Falls, MN (Monsanto Co.) 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Home Office 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Mary's Medical Center 3,230 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Hospital of Duluth 3,052 FTE
CITY-NEAR Building D-Miller Dwan Medical Center 1,880 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Duluth 1,701 FTE
NAT-TCR Gave Inc. 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DXC3 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Norco Metal Finishing, Inc. 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Metro Scrap Metals 9.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Goodwill Services 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hatch Stamping Company - Fowlerville 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE 017 Hatillo II 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE RLG - MedLit NJ 58 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.