Central air-conditioning equipment installation · California

I.V. Mechanical, Inc. DBA: R & K Air

El Centro, CA · ~20 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

I.V. Mechanical, Inc. DBA: R & K Air runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Central air-conditioning equipment installation workplace, earning a grade C.

I.V. Mechanical, Inc. DBA: R & K Air: 3.0 TCR = 108% of Central air-conditioning equipment installation BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

I.V. Mechanical, Inc. DBA: R & K Air safety composite

I.V. Mechanical, Inc. DBA: R & K Air scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

I.V. Mechanical, Inc. DBA: R & K Air: 0.0 → 9.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 9.1 TCR · DART/TCR 3× in 2024

I.V. Mechanical, Inc. DBA: R & K Air's TCR rose 9.1 from 0.0 in 2021 to 9.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · El Centro, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 108% of ind

  • DART 9.1 DART
  • RANK #237/594
  • PHOTO Environmental System…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Environmental Systems Corporation of Huntsville (0.0 TCR gap)

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I.V. Mechanical, Inc. DBA: R & K Air in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows I.V. Mechanical, Inc. DBA: R & K Air averages 3.0 TCR (108% of the Central air-conditioning equipment installation BLS benchmark).

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

I.V. Mechanical, Inc. DBA: R & K Air TCR series: 2021=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=9.1 · BLS 2.8

Where I.V. Mechanical, Inc. DBA: R & K Air falls in its industry

5,793 Central air-conditioning equip establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #237 safest of 594 Central air-conditioning equip employers in California.

I.V. Mechanical, Inc. DBA: R & K Air (20 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 I.V. Mechanical, Inc. DBA: R & K Air
I.V. Mechanical, Inc. DBA: R & K Air (20 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

I.V. Mechanical, Inc. DBA: R & K Air has fewer employees than the Central air-conditioning equipment insta 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 9.1 9.1 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · El Centro

5,793 Central air-conditioning equipment installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 91 employers in El Centro, CA · 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 Environmental Systems Corporation of Huntsville 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Armstrong Mechanical Co. Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ADVNC Air Technologies 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR a.d. winston Service, Inc 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sills Farms, Inc. 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE F A Maggiore & Sons, LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE CALMEX CONTRACTING INC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Velvet Antler Ranch LLC 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Imperial 2,285 FTE
CITY-NEAR JJ HARVESTING 1,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 350 1,170 FTE
CITY-NEAR U.S. Border Patrol Sector - El Centro 971 FTE
NAT-TCR 9200 Golden Valley, MN 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Staffing Solutions LLC 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Fresh Market Park City 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Service Area 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ponca Iron & Metal, Inc. 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE CNC Shop 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE TAYLORSPORT 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hmf Express Tpa 20 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, 2021. 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.