HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors · Pennsylvania
Burkholder's Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc.
Emmaus, PA · ~79 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.8
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Burkholder's Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. runs at 350% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.
Burkholder's Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc.: 9.8 TCR = 350% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Burkholder's Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. safety composite
Burkholder's Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.23 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%).
Rising injury rate
Burkholder's Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc.: 9.1 → 10.1 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 13.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.74× in 2024
Burkholder's Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.0 from 9.1 in 2019 to 10.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238220 · Emmaus, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 350% of ind
- DART 7.2 DART
- RANK #239/268
- PHOTO Main
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 47 inj
- SIZE ~79 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Main (0.0 TCR gap)
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Burkholder's Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Burkholder's Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc.
9.8 TCR
- Main
Main
9.8 TCR
- Ovation Plumbi
Ovation Plumbing, Inc
9.8 TCR
- Select Mechani
Select Mechanical Inc
9.8 TCR
- MTBM, LLC D/B/
MTBM, LLC D/B/A MTB Mechanical
9.8 TCR
What this shows Burkholder's Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. averages 9.8 TCR (350% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).
Burkholder's Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. TCR series: 2019=9.1 · 2020=11.4 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=13.3 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=10.1 · BLS 2.8
Where Burkholder's Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. falls in its industry
5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #239 safest of 268 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Pennsylvania.
Burkholder's Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. has more employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.1 | 7.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13.3 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.4 | 7.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.1 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238220 · PA · Emmaus
5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 24 employers in Emmaus, PA · 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 | Main | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ovation Plumbing, Inc | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Select Mechanical Inc | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MTBM, LLC D/B/A MTB Mechanical | 9.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | John C. Leo & Son, LLC | 79 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | C.J. Mushroom Co., LLC | 79 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ernst Conservation Seeds Inc | 79 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Specialty Egg | 79 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 101 - ALLENTOWN | 196 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cintas Loc 101 | 184 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 76 | 124 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pratt (Impress Manufacturing), Inc dba Impress Packaging | 119 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Msy Louis Armstrong New Orleans Int | 9.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 55584 Spokane | 9.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 186 Homewood | 9.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kitchen Kompact, Inc. | 9.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Rockford High School | 79 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | One Moment Logistics Inc | 79 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Crenlo Engineered Cabs - Plant 1 | 79 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bishop, Inc. | 79 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.