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

Blair Air, Inc.

Palm Springs, CA · ~41 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blair Air, Inc. runs at 595% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Blair Air, Inc.: 16.7 TCR = 595% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blair Air, Inc. safety composite

Blair Air, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−3.6

2020→2022

Blair Air, Inc. injury rate improved

Blair Air, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.6 from 15.8 in 2020 to 12.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 22.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=15.8 · 2021=22.1 · 2022=12.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Palm Springs, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.7 · 595% of ind

  • DART 7.3 DART
  • RANK #574/594
  • PHOTO Precision Plumbing &…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Precision Plumbing & Heating Systems, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blair Air, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blair Air, Inc. averages 16.7 TCR (595% 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

Blair Air, Inc. TCR series: 2020=15.8 · 2021=22.1 · 2022=12.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Blair Air, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 2% 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 #574 safest of 594 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in California.

Blair Air, Inc. (41 employees, TCR 16.7) 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 Blair Air, Inc.
Blair Air, Inc. (41 employees, TCR 16.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Blair Air, 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
2022 12.1 7.3 5 0 0
2021 22.1 22.1 7 1 0
2020 15.8 5.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Palm Springs

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 · 114 employers in Palm Springs, 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 Precision Plumbing & Heating Systems, Inc 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Heating and Air 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pure Water Plumbing, Inc. 16.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Neese Heating & Air Conditioning Inc. 16.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE CAL-O ORGANIC FARMING ADMINISTRATION 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | Lindsay 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | IEW Enterprise 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE George Jackson Farms, Inc. 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Desert Regional Medical Center 2,585 FTE
CITY-NEAR 694 DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 2,399 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-694 2,273 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Palm Springs 459 FTE
NAT-TCR Quest Trucking 16.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0027-0027-00342 16.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Hartford Iron & Metal 16.7 TCR
NAT-TCR C1791 Waterbury 16.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Store 1015 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 1059 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE BWI - Leominster 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Howell Road 41 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: 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.