Heating and cooling duct work installation · Delaware

Edward J. DeSeta Co., Inc.

Wilmington, DE · ~129 workers · 3 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

Edward J. DeSeta Co., Inc. runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heating and cooling duct work installation workplace, earning a grade D.

Edward J. DeSeta Co., Inc.: 4.0 TCR = 143% of Heating and cooling duct work installation BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Edward J. DeSeta Co., Inc. safety composite

Edward J. DeSeta Co., Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−3.8

2017→2019

Edward J. DeSeta Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Edward J. DeSeta Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 3.8 from 5.7 in 2017 to 1.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.7 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Wilmington, DE ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 143% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #19/32
  • PHOTO Main Office
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Main Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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Edward J. DeSeta Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Edward J. DeSeta Co., Inc. averages 4.0 TCR (143% of the Heating and cooling duct work installation BLS benchmark).

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

Edward J. DeSeta Co., Inc. TCR series: 2017=5.7 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=1.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Edward J. DeSeta Co., Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Heating and cooling duct work establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Delaware alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 32 Heating and cooling duct work employers in Delaware.

Edward J. DeSeta Co., Inc. (129 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 Edward J. DeSeta Co., Inc.
Edward J. DeSeta Co., Inc. (129 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Edward J. DeSeta Co., Inc. has more employees than the Heating and cooling duct work installati 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
2019 1.9 0.9 2 0 0
2018 4.4 1.8 5 0 0
2017 5.7 2.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · DE · Wilmington

5,793 Heating and cooling duct work installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,487 rated employers in Delaware with headcount on file · 309 employers in Wilmington, DE · 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 Main Office 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR LK Sheet Metal 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR RRSC Philadelphia 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Comfort Group of Alabama 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wayman Fire Protection, Inc. 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE DAC 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rogers Corporation - Bear Delaware 128 FTE
CITY-NEAR 10 Wilmington 9,107 FTE
CITY-NEAR AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Commercial Field-Based Personnel) 4,907 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - MTN1 3,143 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hatzel & Buehler, Inc. 1,841 FTE
NAT-TCR Debary Health and Rehabilitation Center 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Highland Ind 06-161 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MN Rubber & Plastics - River Falls 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ground Effects San Antonio 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oregon Plant 901 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Danzer Vener America Darlington 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Panalpina NYLogistics 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE T. R. Gear Landscaping 129 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.