Fire sprinkler system installation · California

Apex Fire Systems Inc.

Santa Ana, CA · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Apex Fire Systems Inc. runs at 371% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire sprinkler system installation workplace, earning a grade F.

Apex Fire Systems Inc.: 10.4 TCR = 371% of Fire sprinkler system installation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Apex Fire Systems Inc. safety composite

Apex Fire Systems Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

Apex Fire Systems Inc.: 6.7 → 14.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 14.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.27× in 2022

Apex Fire Systems Inc.'s TCR rose 7.3 from 6.7 in 2021 to 14.0 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Santa Ana, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 371% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #518/594
  • PHOTO Applewood Plumbing, …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Applewood Plumbing, Heating, & Electric (0.0 TCR gap)

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Apex Fire Systems Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Apex Fire Systems Inc. averages 10.4 TCR (371% of the Fire sprinkler system installation BLS benchmark).

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

Apex Fire Systems Inc. TCR series: 2021=6.7 · 2022=14 · BLS 2.8

Where Apex Fire Systems Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installa establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #518 safest of 594 Fire sprinkler system installa employers in California.

Apex Fire Systems Inc. (32 employees, TCR 10.4) 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 Apex Fire Systems Inc.
Apex Fire Systems Inc. (32 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Apex Fire Systems Inc. has fewer employees than the Fire sprinkler system installation 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
2022 14.0 2.8 5 0 0
2021 6.7 6.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Santa Ana

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 492 employers in Santa Ana, CA · 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 Applewood Plumbing, Heating, & Electric 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Broussard Mechanical 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bay Cities Furnace, DBA Adeedo, DBA Reliance Home Service,DBA Service Champions 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waccamaw Heating & Cooling, LLC 10.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Schreiner Farms 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE FIVE POINTS T.I.C. 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE OFFICE 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brocchini Farms Inc. 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Think Together 2,496 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Santa Ana 1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orange County/Los Angeles 1,072 FTE
CITY-NEAR 056937-SANTA ANA CA P&DC 920 FTE
NAT-TCR Michigan Timber & Truss 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Herb Holden Trucking, Inc. 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Valco Ohio 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City Of Winona 10.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Apollo Drywall and Painting 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE 12EQ Gibsonton 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG784 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stevens Erosion Control 32 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: 2022, 2021. 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.