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

DeBra-Kuempel Inc

Cincinnati, OH · ~1,044 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

DeBra-Kuempel Inc runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

DeBra-Kuempel Inc: 1.2 TCR = 44% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DeBra-Kuempel Inc safety composite

DeBra-Kuempel Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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%).

DeBra-Kuempel Inc held a steady TCR band

DeBra-Kuempel Inc's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.2 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.2 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=1.0 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Cincinnati, OH AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 44% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #49/300
  • PHOTO Lawton Mechanical Co…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 100 inj
  • SIZE ~1,044 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lawton Mechanical Contractors (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Ohio employers → · Look up another →

DeBra-Kuempel Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DeBra-Kuempel Inc averages 1.2 TCR (44% 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

DeBra-Kuempel Inc TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=1 · 2021=1 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 2.8

Where DeBra-Kuempel Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 300 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Ohio.

DeBra-Kuempel Inc (1,044 employees, TCR 1.2) 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate DeBra-Kuempel Inc
DeBra-Kuempel Inc (1,044 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

DeBra-Kuempel 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 1.3 0.3 16 0 0
2023 1.1 0.5 13 0 0
2022 1.3 0.5 15 0 0
2021 1.0 0.4 11 0 0
2020 1.0 0.3 9 0 0
2019 1.2 0.8 12 0 0
2018 1.7 1.0 15 0 0
2016 1.2 0.5 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · OH · Cincinnati

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,513 employers in Cincinnati, OH · 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 Lawton Mechanical Contractors 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Melgar Mechanical Inc 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wood Air Conditioning, LLC 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crawford Mechanical Services 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Avon Hospital 1,045 FTE
STATE-SIZE The NRP Group LLC 1,042 FTE
STATE-SIZE Upper Valley Medical Center 1,046 FTE
STATE-SIZE ASHN 1,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 17,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cincinnati Operations 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Evendale, OH 7,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain Evendale OH 6,400 FTE
NAT-TCR Ply Gem Windows 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Orlando Recovery Center 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR LBFoster Protective Coatings Birmingham 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR DC 89 - Lexington 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE UMNormaLinda980 1,044 FTE
NAT-SIZE Texas Children's Hospital-The Woodlands 1,044 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marshalls Woburn Merchants, Inc 1,044 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sharp Allentown 1,044 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.