Boiler, heating, installation · Oregon

HVAC, Plumbing, Fire

Salem, OR · ~280 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HVAC, Plumbing, Fire runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Boiler, heating, installation workplace, earning a grade D.

HVAC, Plumbing, Fire: 4.6 TCR = 165% of Boiler, heating, installation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HVAC, Plumbing, Fire safety composite

HVAC, Plumbing, Fire scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

HVAC, Plumbing, Fire: 4.2 → 5.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.51× in 2018

HVAC, Plumbing, Fire's TCR rose 0.9 from 4.2 in 2016 to 5.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Salem, OR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 165% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #46/86
  • PHOTO Air Filter Plus Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~280 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Air Filter Plus Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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HVAC, Plumbing, Fire in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HVAC, Plumbing, Fire averages 4.6 TCR (165% of the Boiler, heating, installation BLS benchmark).

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

HVAC, Plumbing, Fire TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2018=5.1 · BLS 2.8

Where HVAC, Plumbing, Fire falls in its industry

5,793 Boiler, heating, installation establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 86 Boiler, heating, installation employers in Oregon.

HVAC, Plumbing, Fire (280 employees, TCR 4.6) 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 0100200300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate HVAC, Plumbing, Fire
HVAC, Plumbing, Fire (280 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

HVAC, Plumbing, Fire has more employees than the Boiler, heating, installation 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
2018 5.1 2.4 15 0 0
2016 4.2 2.3 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · OR · Salem

5,793 Boiler, heating, installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 471 employers in Salem, OR · 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 Air Filter Plus Inc 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southeast Mechanical Contractors 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Woodson (Central Operations) Support Center 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR RRSC Camden 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE PORTLAND OR CLACKAMAS 280 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2075 280 FTE
STATE-SIZE Snyder's Lance Kettle Ct. 281 FTE
STATE-SIZE PORTLAND OR (CLACKAMAS) 281 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oregon State Hospital-Salem Campus 2,036 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : PDX7 1,559 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chemeketa Community College 1,551 FTE
CITY-NEAR Human Service Building ODHS 1,402 FTE
NAT-TCR Starr Painting & Drywall 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Windsor Marketing Group 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR NBB-FTC 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Morton Grove Assisted Living 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mills Pond Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 280 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miraval Arizona (MV) 280 FTE
NAT-SIZE Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital of San Antonio 280 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Housing Management 280 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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