Central heating equipment and piping installation · California
Bellows Plumbing, Heating & Air - Santa Cruz
Soquel, CA · ~87 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bellows Plumbing, Heating & Air - Santa Cruz runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Central heating equipment and piping installation workplace, earning a grade C.
Bellows Plumbing, Heating & Air - Santa Cruz: 2.5 TCR = 91% of Central heating equipment and piping installation BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bellows Plumbing, Heating & Air - Santa Cruz safety composite
Bellows Plumbing, Heating & Air - Santa Cruz scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).
50/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% 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
Bellows Plumbing, Heating & Air - Santa Cruz: 1.5 → 4.2 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 4.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.83× in 2024
Bellows Plumbing, Heating & Air - Santa Cruz's TCR rose 2.7 from 1.5 in 2020 to 4.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238220 · Soquel, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 91% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #196/594
- PHOTO Standard Refrigerati…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~87 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Standard Refrigeration Co Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bellows Plumbing, Heating & Air - Santa Cruz in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Bellows Plumbing, Heating & Air - Santa Cruz
2.5 TCR
- Standard Refri
Standard Refrigeration Co Inc
2.5 TCR
- Global Fire Sp
Global Fire Sprinklers, LLC
2.5 TCR
- Beckley Mechan
Beckley Mechanical Main Office
2.5 TCR
- Hydro Mechanic
Hydro Mechanical of Ohio
2.5 TCR
What this shows Bellows Plumbing, Heating & Air - Santa Cruz averages 2.5 TCR (91% of the Central heating equipment and piping installation BLS benchmark).
Bellows Plumbing, Heating & Air - Santa Cruz TCR series: 2020=1.5 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 2.8
Where Bellows Plumbing, Heating & Air - Santa Cruz falls in its industry
5,793 Central heating equipment and establishmentsSafer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #196 safest of 594 Central heating equipment and employers in California.
Bellows Plumbing, Heating & Air - Santa Cruz has more employees than the Central heating equipment and piping ins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238220 · CA · Soquel
5,793 Central heating equipment and piping installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 14 employers in Soquel, 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 | Standard Refrigeration Co Inc | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Global Fire Sprinklers, LLC | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Beckley Mechanical Main Office | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hydro Mechanical of Ohio | 2.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Martinelli Vineyard Management, Inc | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | farming | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | A. SAMBADO & SON INC | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Agromillora California | 87 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | JPS | 144 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SWY-0025-0025-01929 FAC-01929-SOQUEL-CA | 136 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6962-SWY-0025-0025-01929 | 134 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6968 SOQUEL | 125 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Renal Home Patient - P and F (Waukegan IL USA - P and F) | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | League City | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mapei West Chicago | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Greene Welding Hardware | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | park place | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Golden Heights Personal Care Home | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lutsen Mountains | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | South Hadley | 87 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.