Air system balancing and testing · Ohio

Detmer and Sons Fairborn

Fairborn, OH · ~68 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Detmer and Sons Fairborn runs at 227% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Air system balancing and testing workplace, earning a grade F.

Detmer and Sons Fairborn: 6.4 TCR = 227% of Air system balancing and testing BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Detmer and Sons Fairborn safety composite

Detmer and Sons Fairborn scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25% 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).

F

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Detmer and Sons Fairborn: 7.3 → 8.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 8.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.27× in 2021

Detmer and Sons Fairborn's TCR rose 0.8 from 7.3 in 2016 to 8.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Fairborn, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.4 · 227% of ind

  • DART 8.1 DART
  • RANK #265/300
  • PHOTO Sunrise Mechanical LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sunrise Mechanical LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Detmer and Sons Fairborn in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Detmer and Sons Fairborn averages 6.4 TCR (227% of the Air system balancing and testing BLS benchmark).

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

Detmer and Sons Fairborn TCR series: 2016=7.3 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=8.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Detmer and Sons Fairborn falls in its industry

5,793 Air system balancing and testi establishments

Safer than 25% 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 #265 safest of 300 Air system balancing and testi employers in Ohio.

Detmer and Sons Fairborn (68 employees, TCR 6.4) 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 Detmer and Sons Fairborn
Detmer and Sons Fairborn (68 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Detmer and Sons Fairborn has more employees than the Air system balancing and testing 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
2021 8.1 8.1 7 0 0
2020 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2019 6.6 2.6 5 0 1
2018 6.8 5.1 4 0 0
2017 8.1 8.1 5 0 0
2016 7.3 5.8 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · OH · Fairborn

5,793 Air system balancing and testing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 44 employers in Fairborn, 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 Sunrise Mechanical LLC 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Automatic Fire Systems, Inc 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR RCOA, LLC D/B/A Carolina Cool 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR WestRock-Waco Shop 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE FarmaceuticalRX LLC OH 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maria Gardens 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 1 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 4 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Solutions Through Innovative Technologies, Inc. 335 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dayton - SES 319 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ali Industries 316 FTE
CITY-NEAR OH 313 FTE
NAT-TCR OmniSource LLC - NID Trucking 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Airport Bargain 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Fire/Emergency Management 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR SYNERGY HomeCare 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Community Center 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vista Quality - Doniphan 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store #116 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aquam 68 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.