Mechanical contractors · Pennsylvania

Elk Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc.

North Huntingdon, PA · ~74 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elk Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc. runs at 331% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Elk Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc.: 9.3 TCR = 331% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elk Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc. safety composite

Elk Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

−5.8

2022→2024

Elk Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc. injury rate improved

Elk Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.8 from 10.9 in 2022 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=10.9 · 2023=11.8 · 2024=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · North Huntingdon, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 331% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #235/268
  • PHOTO 2035_3652
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2035_3652 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elk Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elk Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc. averages 9.3 TCR (331% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Elk Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc. TCR series: 2022=10.9 · 2023=11.8 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Elk Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #235 safest of 268 Mechanical contractors employers in Pennsylvania.

Elk Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc. (74 employees, TCR 9.3) 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 Elk Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc.
Elk Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc. (74 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Elk Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc. has more employees than the Mechanical contractors 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 5.1 2.5 4 0 0
2023 11.8 2.6 9 0 0
2022 10.9 5.5 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · PA · North Huntingdon

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 21 employers in North Huntingdon, PA · 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 2035_3652 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ALL PRO AIR 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Offices 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR R T Brown Mechanical,Inc. 9.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE J. D. MUSHROOMS INC 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE R . W . Sauder Inc. 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kreider Farms - Manheim Egg 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edison Service Center 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5241 397 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5241 371 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2114 - North Huntingdon 207 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Grove At Irwin 180 FTE
NAT-TCR Eldorado 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mille Lacs Health System - Hospital 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1464 - Greenwich Township 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 2816 - Madison 9.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Edison Support Center 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fortron Industries 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fareway Stores, Inc. 502 Cherokee 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE High Tower Roofing 74 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.