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

Bentzel Mechanical Inc

St Petersburg, FL · ~21 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bentzel Mechanical Inc runs at 252% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Bentzel Mechanical Inc: 7.0 TCR = 252% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bentzel Mechanical Inc safety composite

Bentzel Mechanical Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

Bentzel Mechanical Inc: 4.7 → 11.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 11.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2019

Bentzel Mechanical Inc's TCR rose 7.1 from 4.7 in 2017 to 11.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · St Petersburg, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 252% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #338/425
  • PHOTO Cross & Sons Main Of…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cross & Sons Main Office Liberty (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bentzel Mechanical Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bentzel Mechanical Inc averages 7.0 TCR (252% 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

Bentzel Mechanical Inc TCR series: 2017=4.7 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=11.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Bentzel Mechanical Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 21% 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 #338 safest of 425 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Florida.

Bentzel Mechanical Inc (21 employees, TCR 7.0) 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 Bentzel Mechanical Inc
Bentzel Mechanical Inc (21 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Bentzel Mechanical Inc has fewer employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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
2019 11.8 5.9 2 0 0
2018 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2017 4.7 4.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · FL · St Petersburg

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 113 employers in St Petersburg, 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 Cross & Sons Main Office Liberty 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR RRSC Wilmington 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Done Service Group 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR RooterPlus 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE SMR Farms 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woerner Farms LLC - CLA 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Parkesdale Farms Packing & Cooling Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE TELOGIA POWER LLC 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adult Day Center 2,476 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Pinellas Care Center 2,476 FTE
CITY-NEAR South County Service Center 2,476 FTE
CITY-NEAR Resale Shoppe St Petersburg 2,476 FTE
NAT-TCR Paragon Metal Fabricators 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR SpringHill Suites by Marriott Eden Prairie 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 4054-Abs 0030 0037 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR West Mifflin 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Edmond Santa Fe 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Skills of Central Pa Inc Keystone Ave 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE John Jory LLC 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE US Tool Group- Wichita 21 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.