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

HSES - UGI - Reading

Reading, PA · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HSES - UGI - Reading runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

HSES - UGI - Reading: 3.1 TCR = 111% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HSES - UGI - Reading safety composite

HSES - UGI - Reading scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

HSES - UGI - Reading: 2.8 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.12× in 2024

HSES - UGI - Reading's TCR rose 0.7 from 2.8 in 2023 to 3.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Reading, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 111% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #102/268
  • PHOTO Oregon Cascade Plumb…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oregon Cascade Plumbing & Heating, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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HSES - UGI - Reading in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HSES - UGI - Reading averages 3.1 TCR (111% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

HSES - UGI - Reading TCR series: 2023=2.8 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 2.8

Where HSES - UGI - Reading falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 53% 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 #102 safest of 268 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Pennsylvania.

HSES - UGI - Reading (38 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 HSES - UGI - Reading
HSES - UGI - Reading (38 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

HSES - UGI - Reading has fewer employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi median and a lower 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 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2023 2.8 2.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · PA · Reading

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 303 employers in Reading, 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 Oregon Cascade Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryan Plumbing, Heating, A/C, & FP LLC 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR LJ Kruse Co 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sys-Kool LLC 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kaolin Mushroom Farms - M&J Facility 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dairy 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc - Elizabethtown 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Risser's Poultry Handling Services, LLC 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR READING HOSPITAL 5,693 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAO : Reading 2,203 FTE
CITY-NEAR A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center 1,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - TEN1 1,261 FTE
NAT-TCR Bugbee Elementary School 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Summit Medical Management 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Kalle Group USA 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR UMMC Mayo Building 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Growers Management Inc 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Springhill Suites Bend 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sproutlings Pediatric Daycare and Preschool 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dealership - Sylmar 38 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.