HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors · New Jersey

DeSesa Engineering Company, Inc

Livingston, NJ · ~79 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DeSesa Engineering Company, Inc runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

DeSesa Engineering Company, Inc: 3.9 TCR = 139% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DeSesa Engineering Company, Inc safety composite

DeSesa Engineering Company, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−2.4

2016→2024

DeSesa Engineering Company, Inc injury rate improved

DeSesa Engineering Company, Inc's TCR fell 2.4 from 5.6 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.6 · 2017=5.5 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Livingston, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 139% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #52/84
  • PHOTO Lexington Plumbing &…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lexington Plumbing & Heating, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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DeSesa Engineering Company, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DeSesa Engineering Company, Inc averages 3.9 TCR (139% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

DeSesa Engineering Company, Inc TCR series: 2016=5.6 · 2017=5.5 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 2.8

Where DeSesa Engineering Company, Inc falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 84 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in New Jersey.

DeSesa Engineering Company, Inc (79 employees, TCR 3.9) 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 DeSesa Engineering Company, Inc
DeSesa Engineering Company, Inc (79 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

DeSesa Engineering Company, Inc has more employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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 3.2 2.1 3 0 0
2023 4.7 0.0 4 0 0
2022 2.6 1.3 2 0 0
2021 5.7 2.8 4 0 0
2020 2.5 1.2 2 0 0
2019 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2017 5.5 2.7 4 0 0
2016 5.6 1.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NJ · Livingston

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 58 employers in Livingston, NJ · 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 Lexington Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Impact Fire - Denver 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR HSES - Staten Island 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mountain Mechanical Contractors 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ivy Acres - NJ 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Jersey Warehouse 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Headquarters 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Virgirginia Paint, LLC 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center 4,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR Livingston Atlantic Ambulance 830 FTE
CITY-NEAR Livingston -Atlantic Ambulance 825 FTE
CITY-NEAR Atlantic Ambulance 716 FTE
NAT-TCR Crown Lift Trucks Tampa 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR BWI Fargo 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Lynchburg 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR ESSEX 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Millennium Technologies Plymouth 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE JJ Taylor Companies Inc. - Fort Pierce 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nelson Manufacturing Company 79 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, 2017, 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.