Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors · Minnesota
Blue Ox Heating and Air
New Hope, MN · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Blue Ox Heating and Air runs at 531% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.
Blue Ox Heating and Air: 14.9 TCR = 531% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Blue Ox Heating and Air safety composite
Blue Ox Heating and Air scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 11.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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
Blue Ox Heating and Air: 14.0 → 15.8 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 15.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.79× in 2021
Blue Ox Heating and Air's TCR rose 1.8 from 14.0 in 2020 to 15.8 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238220 · New Hope, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 14.9 · 531% of ind
- DART 11.8 DART
- RANK #147/153
- PHOTO MCL Mechanical Svcs
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~30 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: MCL Mechanical Svcs (0.0 TCR gap)
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Blue Ox Heating and Air in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Blue Ox Heating and Air
14.9 TCR
- MCL Mechanical
MCL Mechanical Svcs
14.9 TCR
- Neese Jones He
Neese Jones Heating & Air Conditioning Inc.
14.9 TCR
- PSSK, LLC D/B/
PSSK, LLC D/B/A Byrum Heating & A/C
14.8 TCR
- Lambasio Inc.
Lambasio Inc.
14.8 TCR
What this shows Blue Ox Heating and Air averages 14.9 TCR (531% of the Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS benchmark).
Blue Ox Heating and Air TCR series: 2020=14 · 2021=15.8 · BLS 2.8
Where Blue Ox Heating and Air falls in its industry
5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #147 safest of 153 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Minnesota.
Blue Ox Heating and Air 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15.8 | 11.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14.0 | 9.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238220 · MN · New Hope
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 · 95 employers in New Hope, MN · 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 | MCL Mechanical Svcs | 14.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PSSK, LLC D/B/A Byrum Heating & A/C | 14.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lambasio Inc. | 14.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Neese Jones Heating & Air Conditioning Inc. | 14.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Nelson Nursery | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Northern Plains Dairy | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | United Dairy, Westland Dairy | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pipestone Grow Finish | 30 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Saint Therese of New Hope | 391 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Horwitz, Inc | 340 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | New Hope - Main Store | 276 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North Education Center | 237 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Middletown Water Department | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | OCSD Coroner Division | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Squaw Rock | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ERMC - Oak Park Mall | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Municipal & Contractors Sealing Products | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Forman Ford - 04 | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Standard Metals | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CAN067-PHFE-CAN067 | 30 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.