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

Brian Cox Mechanical

Poway, CA · ~191 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Brian Cox Mechanical runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Brian Cox Mechanical: 1.5 TCR = 53% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brian Cox Mechanical safety composite

Brian Cox Mechanical scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−2.3

2017→2023

Brian Cox Mechanical injury rate improved

Brian Cox Mechanical's TCR fell 2.3 from 2.8 in 2017 to 0.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.8 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=0.0 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Poway, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.5 · 53% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #108/594
  • PHOTO McCloskey Mechanical…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~191 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: McCloskey Mechanical Contractors Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Brian Cox Mechanical in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Brian Cox Mechanical averages 1.5 TCR (53% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Brian Cox Mechanical TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=0 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=0.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Brian Cox Mechanical falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 78% 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 #108 safest of 594 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in California.

Brian Cox Mechanical (191 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 Brian Cox Mechanical
Brian Cox Mechanical (191 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Brian Cox Mechanical has more employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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
2023 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2022 1.9 1.9 4 0 0
2021 1.5 0.5 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.1 2.1 3 0 0
2017 2.8 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Poway

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 143 employers in Poway, 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 McCloskey Mechanical Contractors Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Air Force One, Inc. (Fitzenrider) 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Autumn Construction Services, Inc 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryan Mechanical, Inc. 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wileman Bros. & Elliott, Inc. 191 FTE
STATE-SIZE Creekside Farms, Inc. 191 FTE
STATE-SIZE WesPak, Inc. 191 FTE
STATE-SIZE Century Park Annex - Bld: 6792 - 01 191 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Poway Campus 4,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR Geneal Atomics Facilities and Support Groups 1,169 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palomar Medical Center Poway 889 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics - Poway - A15 661 FTE
NAT-TCR IPEG - Pinconning 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hobbs Iron & Metal 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Telligent Masonry LLC 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 482 Southeastern Illinois College 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brookhaven Hospital 191 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clayton Homes Bonham 191 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Antonio Container ATT Center 191 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lebanon 191 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.