Employer · Illinois

Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC

Arlington Heights, IL · ~176 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.

Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC: 0.9 TCR = 31% of industry BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC safety composite

Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.7

2016→2020

Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC injury rate improved

Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC's TCR fell 1.7 from 1.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.7 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Arlington Heights, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #43/230
  • PHOTO Hiller Phoenix
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~176 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hiller Phoenix (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC averages 0.9 TCR (31% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC falls in its industry

5,793 industry establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 230 industry employers in Illinois.

Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC (176 employees, TCR 0.9) 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 Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC
Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC (176 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC has more employees than the industry 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.1 1.1 2 0 0
2018 1.6 0.0 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.7 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IL · Arlington Heights

5,793 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 121 employers in Arlington Heights, IL · 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 Hiller Phoenix 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MRL constructors of New York Ltd. 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Masters Building Solutions-MKE 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ranger Fire Inc 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE McHenry, IL - Pallet Plant - 337 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA IL Chicago Plant 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vantage Specialty Chemicals 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE RhinoAG 176 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwest Community Hospital 3,365 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARLINGTON HEIGHTS SCHOOL DISTRICT 25 911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4813-48130002-ENCORE CHICAGO 845 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lutheran Home and Serv For The Aged 796 FTE
NAT-TCR Vancouver 102 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Rochester Hills Data Center 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Tmx2287 - Louisville Commercial 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Jupiter Office 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 363 Yonkers, Ny 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Afa Ny Branch 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lci - 083 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Enterprise Rent-A-Car-0399 176 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.