Air system balancing and testing · Michigan

Gale Plumbing & Hydronics, Inc.

Grand Rapids, MI · ~33 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gale Plumbing & Hydronics, Inc. runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Air system balancing and testing workplace, earning a grade D.

Gale Plumbing & Hydronics, Inc.: 3.4 TCR = 123% of Air system balancing and testing BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gale Plumbing & Hydronics, Inc. safety composite

Gale Plumbing & Hydronics, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−1.0

2020→2024

Gale Plumbing & Hydronics, Inc. injury rate improved

Gale Plumbing & Hydronics, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.0 from 7.5 in 2020 to 6.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.5 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 123% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #83/153
  • PHOTO McDowall Company
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: McDowall Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gale Plumbing & Hydronics, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gale Plumbing & Hydronics, Inc. averages 3.4 TCR (123% 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

Gale Plumbing & Hydronics, Inc. TCR series: 2020=7.5 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Gale Plumbing & Hydronics, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Air system balancing and testi establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #83 safest of 153 Air system balancing and testi employers in Michigan.

Gale Plumbing & Hydronics, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 Gale Plumbing & Hydronics, Inc.
Gale Plumbing & Hydronics, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Gale Plumbing & Hydronics, Inc. has fewer 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
2024 6.5 0.0 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2020 7.5 7.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MI · Grand Rapids

5,793 Air system balancing and testing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, MI · 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 McDowall Company 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR A&R Mechanical Contractors 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cii Engineered Systems, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Robies Refrigeration, Inc. 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE PRH GROUP LLC 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Three Rivers Svc Ctr 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alpena Power Company 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Treatment City of Wyoming 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR Central Texas Electric Co-op - 2 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR NSE - Camden 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Fs Wheaton St Fra 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Novant Health Hunter 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Millennium 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE CBS - Bolingbrook 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stockton Rubber Company 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fenwick 33 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, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.