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

Duane Blanton Ingleside

Ingleside, IL · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Duane Blanton Ingleside runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Duane Blanton Ingleside: 4.0 TCR = 144% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Duane Blanton Ingleside safety composite

Duane Blanton Ingleside scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−2.6

2023→2024

Duane Blanton Ingleside injury rate improved

Duane Blanton Ingleside's TCR fell 2.6 from 5.3 in 2023 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5.3 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Ingleside, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 144% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #170/230
  • PHOTO 2346_4285
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2346_4285 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Duane Blanton Ingleside in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Duane Blanton Ingleside averages 4.0 TCR (144% 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

Duane Blanton Ingleside TCR series: 2023=5.3 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Duane Blanton Ingleside falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #170 safest of 230 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Illinois.

Duane Blanton Ingleside (29 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 Duane Blanton Ingleside
Duane Blanton Ingleside (29 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Duane Blanton Ingleside has fewer employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2023 5.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IL · Ingleside

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 13 employers in Ingleside, IL · 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 2346_4285 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro Building Services, LLC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BT Fresno 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Huckestein Mechanical Services, Inc. 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grant Park 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Southern - IL Common Ops 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Western - IL Common Ops 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern - IL Common Ops 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR IDENTCO 104 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1944 VOLO 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fibertex Nonwovens Inc. - ING 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR MANEVAL CONSTRUCTION 51 FTE
NAT-TCR Incol - Columbus 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Nyjam - Jamestown Center 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR FV Clinics-Univ Villge RX FSOC 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mayfair Village Retirement 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lacreek Electric Association, Inc. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cashmere 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bergeron Construction Co. Inc 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Royster's Production Machining LLC 29 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.