HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors · Florida

Applegate USA, LLC

Pompano Beach, FL · ~153 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Applegate USA, LLC runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Applegate USA, LLC: 5.0 TCR = 180% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Applegate USA, LLC safety composite

Applegate USA, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−2.7

2023→2024

Applegate USA, LLC injury rate improved

Applegate USA, LLC's TCR fell 2.7 from 6.4 in 2023 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.4 · 2024=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Pompano Beach, FL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 180% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #263/425
  • PHOTO Mechanical Systems
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mechanical Systems (0.0 TCR gap)

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Applegate USA, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Applegate USA, LLC averages 5.0 TCR (180% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Applegate USA, LLC TCR series: 2023=6.4 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Applegate USA, LLC falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #263 safest of 425 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Florida.

Applegate USA, LLC (153 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Applegate USA, LLC
Applegate USA, LLC (153 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Applegate USA, LLC has more employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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 3.7 3.7 7 0 0
2023 6.4 4.0 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · FL · Pompano Beach

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 322 employers in Pompano Beach, FL · 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 Mechanical Systems 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westbrook Service Corp 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryan Fireprotection, Inc. - Indianapolis 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vision Mechanical 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dewar Nurseries, Inc. Apopka 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rapid Response Team Pensacola 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE FCC Southern Division 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Herzog Contracting Corp - HSR Constructors 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Point Blank Enterprises Inc. 1,286 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-ZFTL 685 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Knox Village of Florida 628 FTE
CITY-NEAR SUPERVALU DISTRIBUTION CENTER - POMPANO BEACH 38111 591 FTE
NAT-TCR Vadis 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Print Pro, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Georgiana Health and Rehabilitation, LLC 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Premise,Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Inland Empire Paper Company 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flint Group 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE PolyJohn Enterprises 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hallmark Manor 153 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. 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.