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

Horace Shop

Name: Horace Shop Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Horace, ND · ~57 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 5.8
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Horace Shop runs at 206% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Horace Shop: 5.8 TCR = 206% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Horace Shop safety composite

Horace Shop scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−6.1

2017→2021

Horace Shop injury rate improved

Horace Shop's TCR fell 6.1 from 8.3 in 2017 to 2.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=12.5 · 2021=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Horace, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.8 · 206% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK #18/36
PHOTO Cincinnati
BOOK 4y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cincinnati (0.0 TCR gap)

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5.8
Cincinnati

5.8
Hutchinson Plu

5.8
SCR Southern

5.8
GUFP

5.8

What this shows Horace Shop averages 5.8 TCR (206% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

Horace Shop TCR series: 2017=8.3 · 2018=0 · 2020=12.5 · 2021=2.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Horace Shop falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 36 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in North Dakota.

Horace Shop (57 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Horace Shop 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
2021	2.2	2.2	0	2
2020	12.5	1.3	8	2
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0
2017	8.3	0.0	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · ND · Horace

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 11 employers in Horace, ND · 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	Cincinnati	DAYTON, OH	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hutchinson Plumbing Heating & Cooling	CHERRY HILL, NJ	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SCR Southern	ROCHESTER, MN	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GUFP	ORANGE, CA	5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Enclave Construction	WEST FARGO	57 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Denny's Electric, LLC.	DICKINSON	57 FTE
STATE-SIZE	General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Grand Forks	GRAND FORKS	57 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Masonite Components - Wahpeton	WAHPETON	57 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SunGold Foods Horace	Horace	99 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SunGold Horace	Horace	82 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1170_2471	Horace	78 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Midwest Ironworks LLC	Horace	76 FTE
NAT-TCR	OR-Sherwood OTC	Sherwood, OR	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Grieve Corporation	Round Lake, IL	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	ABC Metals	Logansport, IN	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Forrest Shoemaker Air Conditioning Inc	Tulsa, OK	5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sterling Site Access Solutions, LLC. (Lufkin)	Lufkin, TX	57 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TCSC Sebring Plant	Sebring, FL	57 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CV Imports LLC	Austin, TX	57 FTE
NAT-SIZE	National Field Services	Lewisville, TX	57 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: 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017. 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.