HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors · Ohio

Gundlach Sheet Metal

Name: Gundlach Sheet Metal Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Sandusky, OH · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.2
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gundlach Sheet Metal runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Gundlach Sheet Metal: 5.2 TCR = 187% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gundlach Sheet Metal safety composite

Gundlach Sheet Metal scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Gundlach Sheet Metal: 4.7 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.37× in 2019

Gundlach Sheet Metal's TCR rose 1.0 from 4.7 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 187% of ind

DART 1.9 DART
RANK #240/300
PHOTO TapaniPlumbing Inc.
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TapaniPlumbing Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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PREC, LLC D/B/

5.3
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5.3
This site

5.2
TapaniPlumbing

5.2
PGA, Inc

5.2

What this shows Gundlach Sheet Metal averages 5.2 TCR (187% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

Gundlach Sheet Metal TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2019=5.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Gundlach Sheet Metal falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #240 safest of 300 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Ohio.

Gundlach Sheet Metal (48 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Gundlach Sheet Metal has fewer employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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	5.8	1.9	3	0	0
2016	4.7	4.7	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · OH · Sandusky

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 101 employers in Sandusky, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	TapaniPlumbing Inc.	BATTLE GROUND, WA	5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PGA, Inc	WESTON, WI	5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PREC, LLC D/B/A Mountain Air Mechanical Contractors	ARDEN, NC	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	JUST IN TIME HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING	SANDWICH, IL	5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ohio Heavy Equipment Leasing, LLC	FAIRFIELD	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Butler Rural Electric Cooperative	OXFORD	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CenterPoint Energy - Dayton West	DAYTON	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	US Bronco Services, Inc	FAIRFIELD	48 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cedar Point	Sandusky	2,836 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ventra Sandusky	Sandusky	1,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MAIN-FRMC1-MAIN CAMPUS	Sandusky	1,834 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LMN Development	Sandusky	1,048 FTE
NAT-TCR	Robert Louis Stevenson School	Pebble Beach, CA	5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	PrintXcel	Visalia, CA	5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lexington Sawmill	Lexington, VA	5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Christus Spohn-MOB	Corpus Christi, TX	5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	PPT Florida, Inc.	Temple Terrace, FL	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Twin Rivers YMCA	Valley, NE	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RM Trucking Inc.	Allendale, MI	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	American Recycling Company, LLC - Modesto	Modesto, CA	48 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.