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

Binder Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc

Name: Binder Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc Workplace Safety Data
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South St Paul, MN · ~33 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.1
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Binder Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc runs at 181% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Binder Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc: 5.1 TCR = 181% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Binder Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc safety composite

Binder Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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).

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

Binder Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc: 0.9 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 11.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

Binder Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc's TCR rose 2.2 from 0.9 in 2021 to 3.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · South St Paul, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 181% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #71/153
PHOTO Solomon Plumbing Co.
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Solomon Plumbing Co. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Binder Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc averages 5.1 TCR (181% of the Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS benchmark).

Binder Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc TCR series: 2021=0.9 · 2022=11.1 · 2023=3.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Binder Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

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

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #71 safest of 153 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Minnesota.

Binder Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc (33 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Binder Heating & Air Conditioning, 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
2023	3.1	0.0	1
2022	11.1	3.7	3
2021	0.9	0.0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MN · South St Paul

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 16 employers in South St Paul, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Solomon Plumbing Co.	RALEIGH, NC	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	129012 - Aero Job Cost Colorado	DENVER, CO	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Polhamus Heating & A/C, Inc.	MOSES LAKE, WA	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Foothill Fire Protection, Inc	ROCKLIN, CA	5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Perham Egg LLC	PERHAM	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gorans Brothers Inc.	BLOMKEST	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Las Vegas Raiders 17150004	MINNEAPOLIS	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Loeffler Construction & Consulting	LAKEVILLE	33 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Waterous Company	South St Paul	267 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fury Motors	South St Paul	124 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Allstate Peterbilt Group of South St Paul	South St Paul	123 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Curb Masters, Inc.	South St Paul	116 FTE
NAT-TCR	Pasta Sonoma, LLC	Rohnert Park, CA	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Republic Wire, Inc	West Chester, OH	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Glovis Georgia	West Point, GA	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bel Air 524-Folsom	Folsom, CA	5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	C.M. Caraway & Sons, Inc.	De Leon, TX	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Phoenix Electric Mfg. Co	Chicago, IL	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Watershed LLC	Salem, OR	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Plant 4	Osceola, IN	33 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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