Central cooling equipment and piping installation · New York
Competitive Advantage Group
Albany, NY · ~62 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Competitive Advantage Group runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Central cooling equipment and piping installation workplace, earning a grade F.
Competitive Advantage Group: 6.5 TCR = 231% of Central cooling equipment and piping installation BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Competitive Advantage Group safety composite
Competitive Advantage Group scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% 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
−14.9
2020→2024
Competitive Advantage Group injury rate improved
Competitive Advantage Group's TCR fell 14.9 from 17.2 in 2020 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 17.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=17.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2024=2.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238220 · Albany, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 231% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #232/297
- PHOTO Dave Janke Plumbing
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~62 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Dave Janke Plumbing (0.0 TCR gap)
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Competitive Advantage Group in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Competitive Advantage Group
6.5 TCR
- Dave Janke Plu
Dave Janke Plumbing
6.5 TCR
- Climate Pros
Climate Pros Royse City
6.5 TCR
- Esser Air Cond
Esser Air Conditioning and Heating
6.5 TCR
- Thermal Cool I
Thermal Cool Inc.
6.5 TCR
What this shows Competitive Advantage Group averages 6.5 TCR (231% of the Central cooling equipment and piping installation BLS benchmark).
Competitive Advantage Group TCR series: 2020=17.2 · 2022=0 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 2.8
Where Competitive Advantage Group falls in its industry
5,793 Central cooling equipment and establishmentsSafer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #232 safest of 297 Central cooling equipment and employers in New York.
Competitive Advantage Group has more employees than the Central cooling equipment and piping ins 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 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 17.2 | 4.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238220 · NY · Albany
5,793 Central cooling equipment and piping installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 391 employers in Albany, NY · 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 | Dave Janke Plumbing | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Climate Pros Royse City | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Esser Air Conditioning and Heating | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Thermal Cool Inc. | 6.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Columbia Care New York LLC.-Rochester | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Liberty Utilities - Massena | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kings County Waterproofing Corp | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | E-J Energy | 62 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Albany Medical Center Hospital | 6,133 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Peter's Health Partners/ St. Peter's Hospital | 4,386 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Peter's Hospital- Albany | 3,868 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Peter's Hospital-Albany-SPHP-NY | 3,549 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Rock Solid Precast LP | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1760 - Waterford Lakes | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Work Skills Corporation Plant 2 | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Frostburg Lane Ctr | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Jobsite Supply | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Quality Corrections & Inspections | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Permacast, LLC | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Budweiser Busch Distributing Co. Inc. Loxley | 62 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.