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

Critchfield Mechanical Inc.

San Jose, CA · ~401 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Critchfield Mechanical Inc. runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Critchfield Mechanical Inc.: 3.2 TCR = 114% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Critchfield Mechanical Inc. safety composite

Critchfield Mechanical Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−4.2

2019→2024

Critchfield Mechanical Inc. injury rate improved

Critchfield Mechanical Inc.'s TCR fell 4.2 from 5.1 in 2019 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.1 · 2020=3.5 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · San Jose, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 114% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #248/594
  • PHOTO HMC Service Company
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 67 inj
  • SIZE ~401 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HMC Service Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Critchfield Mechanical Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Critchfield Mechanical Inc. averages 3.2 TCR (114% of the Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Critchfield Mechanical Inc. TCR series: 2019=5.1 · 2020=3.5 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Critchfield Mechanical Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 52% 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 #248 safest of 594 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in California.

Critchfield Mechanical Inc. (401 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Critchfield Mechanical Inc.
Critchfield Mechanical Inc. (401 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Critchfield Mechanical Inc. has more employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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
2024 0.8 0.4 2 0 0
2023 3.4 3.2 15 0 0
2022 3.1 2.8 13 0 0
2020 3.5 2.9 11 1 0
2019 5.1 4.5 26 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · San Jose

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, 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 HMC Service Company 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Proteus, Inc. Dinuba Service Center 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR James River Air Conditioning 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jerico Fire Protection Co., Inc. 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Valley Region 401 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1903 401 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0475 - EL CAMINO CA WHSE 401 FTE
STATE-SIZE McGee Air Services - SFO 401 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR Ryder Systems, Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Barb City Manor, Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR James River Air Conditioning 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bluefield,WV 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eastman Chemical Kingsport 401 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Friendly Home 401 FTE
NAT-SIZE 8616 Repair Liquidation Center 8616 401 FTE
NAT-SIZE Isd# 834 401 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.