Plumbing and heating contractors · California

DEGREE HVAC, Inc.

Redwood City, CA · ~31 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DEGREE HVAC, Inc. runs at 310% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

DEGREE HVAC, Inc.: 8.7 TCR = 310% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DEGREE HVAC, Inc. safety composite

DEGREE HVAC, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

−8.8

2018→2022

DEGREE HVAC, Inc. injury rate improved

DEGREE HVAC, Inc.'s TCR fell 8.8 from 19.2 in 2018 to 10.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 19.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=19.2 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=9.8 · 2022=10.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Redwood City, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 310% of ind

  • DART 10.4 DART
  • RANK #482/594
  • PHOTO 8472_19368
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 8472_19368 (0.0 TCR gap)

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DEGREE HVAC, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DEGREE HVAC, Inc. averages 8.7 TCR (310% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

DEGREE HVAC, Inc. TCR series: 2018=19.2 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=9.8 · 2022=10.4 · BLS 2.8

Where DEGREE HVAC, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 14% 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 #482 safest of 594 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in California.

DEGREE HVAC, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 8.7) 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 DEGREE HVAC, Inc.
DEGREE HVAC, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

DEGREE HVAC, Inc. has fewer employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors 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
2022 10.4 10.4 2 0 0
2021 9.8 9.8 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2018 19.2 15.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Redwood City

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 116 employers in Redwood City, 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 8472_19368 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paschal Air Plumbing and Electric - Searcy 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR AIR SOLUTIONS HEATING & COOLING INC 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Plumbing and Drain 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE GCF 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nielsen Farms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Star Nurseries LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Growers Inc 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 141 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR Guardant Health 1,513 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-02120851 1,471 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0206-02620851 1,382 FTE
NAT-TCR PHS - Optage Senior Dining 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Coastal Cargo Company, LLC 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Samson Electric Bethel 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sonata West Orange, LLC 8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ventura Place 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE 42966 - Louisville Fac 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE 44972 - High Point Fac. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE 42913 - Indianapolis Fac. 31 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.