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

Associate Mechanical Contactors

Escondido, CA · ~144 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Associate Mechanical Contactors runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Associate Mechanical Contactors: 1.6 TCR = 58% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Associate Mechanical Contactors safety composite

Associate Mechanical Contactors scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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)
B 1.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

2018→2021

Associate Mechanical Contactors injury rate improved

Associate Mechanical Contactors's TCR fell 2.7 from 4.2 in 2018 to 1.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.2 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Escondido, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 58% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #128/594
  • PHOTO The Waldinger Corpor…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~144 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Waldinger Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Associate Mechanical Contactors in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Associate Mechanical Contactors averages 1.6 TCR (58% 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

Associate Mechanical Contactors TCR series: 2018=4.2 · 2019=0 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=1.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Associate Mechanical Contactors falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 76% 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 #128 safest of 594 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in California.

Associate Mechanical Contactors (144 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 Associate Mechanical Contactors
Associate Mechanical Contactors (144 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Associate Mechanical Contactors 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
2021 1.5 1.5 2 0 0
2020 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.2 4.2 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Escondido

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 244 employers in Escondido, 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 The Waldinger Corporation 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harris Mountain West Ogden, LLC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Warwick Mechanical Group 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Olympic West Fire Protection, LLC 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Matsui Nursery, Inc 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hilltop Ranch Inc. - Turlock Rd. 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE DAGO'S CONTRACTING 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE LADWP 1230 3RD 144 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA Escondido 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palomar Medical Center Escondido 3,031 FTE
CITY-NEAR Escondido CA 1,546 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bergelectric Corp. CA 1,279 FTE
NAT-TCR CHRISTUS Spohn Shared Services 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Dot Foods, Inc.- TN 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR DRB Group - Pittsburgh 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR New Indy Containerboard Hartford City Mill 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Materion - Reading 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stratford Police Department 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE SCHOTT North America Electronic Packaging 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maplewood at Strawberry Hill, LLC 144 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.