Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors · Colorado
Design Mechanical Inc.
Louisville, CO · ~297 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Design Mechanical Inc. runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade B.
Design Mechanical Inc.: 2.0 TCR = 71% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Design Mechanical Inc. safety composite
Design Mechanical Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.98 per 100 workers
Safer than 69% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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
−1.8
2016→2024
Design Mechanical Inc. injury rate improved
Design Mechanical Inc.'s TCR fell 1.8 from 2.8 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=2.8 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.7 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=1.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238220 · Louisville, CO AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 71% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #31/156
- PHOTO RJ Mechanical Inc
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 53 inj
- SIZE ~297 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: RJ Mechanical Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Design Mechanical Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Design Mechanical Inc.
2 TCR
- RJ Mechanical
RJ Mechanical Inc
2 TCR
- Ahern Quad Cit
Ahern Quad Cities
2 TCR
- CONDITIONED AI
CONDITIONED AIR INC
2 TCR
- S.A. Comunale
S.A. Comunale - Harrisburg
2 TCR
What this shows Design Mechanical Inc. averages 2.0 TCR (71% of the Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS benchmark).
Design Mechanical Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.7 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=1 · BLS 2.8
Where Design Mechanical Inc. falls in its industry
5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishmentsSafer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 156 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Colorado.
Design 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 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238220 · CO · Louisville
5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 79 employers in Louisville, CO · 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 | RJ Mechanical Inc | 2.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ahern Quad Cities | 2.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CONDITIONED AIR INC | 2.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | S.A. Comunale - Harrisburg | 2.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 4288 | 297 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Children's Hospital Colorado - South Campus | 297 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lady Luck Casino Black Hawk | 297 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lennar Colorado | 298 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Avista Adventist Hospital | 825 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AdventHealth Avista | 629 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Louisville - LOU | 608 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2000 Taylor | 578 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Midland Paper - Wheeling, IL | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | O.Keller Tool Engineering | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pittsburgh, PA Office | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | R&M Electric | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | NXP USA, Inc Holger | 297 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NTRM Concrete Delivery | 297 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 20 - Baton Rouge | 297 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Memorial Hermann Hosp Texas Me | 297 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.