Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors · New Jersey

Independent Sheet Metal Co., Inc.

Riverdale, NJ · ~40 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Independent Sheet Metal Co., Inc. runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Independent Sheet Metal Co., Inc.: 2.5 TCR = 91% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independent Sheet Metal Co., Inc. safety composite

Independent Sheet Metal Co., Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

Independent Sheet Metal Co., Inc.: 0.0 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2022

Independent Sheet Metal Co., Inc.'s TCR rose 2.5 from 0.0 in 2017 to 2.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Riverdale, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 91% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #38/84
  • PHOTO Standard Refrigerati…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Standard Refrigeration Co Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Independent Sheet Metal Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Independent Sheet Metal Co., Inc. averages 2.5 TCR (91% of the Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Independent Sheet Metal Co., Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=2.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Independent Sheet Metal Co., Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 84 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in New Jersey.

Independent Sheet Metal Co., Inc. (40 employees, TCR 2.5) 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 Independent Sheet Metal Co., Inc.
Independent Sheet Metal Co., Inc. (40 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Independent Sheet Metal Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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
2022 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2021 4.2 0.0 2 0 0
2020 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2019 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NJ · Riverdale

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 12 employers in Riverdale, NJ · 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 Standard Refrigeration Co Inc 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Global Fire Sprinklers, LLC 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beckley Mechanical Main Office 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hydro Mechanical of Ohio 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE MATHIS 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carneys Point Generating Plant 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE ACE- West Creek Operations 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE NJC 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2247 - Riverdale 278 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2247 - Riverdale Rt 23 and Falston 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3443 255 FTE
CITY-NEAR Camfil -Riverdale, NJ 179 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4184 MARIETTA, GA 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SNL Distribution Services Corp-Homebaking 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR TX200 Lufkin Chemical 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Savannah 36070 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Greenwater Hotel #1525 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Potter Inc. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giffin Interior Field 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Kettering University 40 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.