HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi · California

K Kalka Heating Plumbing Air

Name: K Kalka Heating Plumbing Air Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Irvine, CA · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 18.4
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

K Kalka Heating Plumbing Air runs at 655% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi workplace, earning a grade F.

K Kalka Heating Plumbing Air: 18.4 TCR = 655% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

K Kalka Heating Plumbing Air safety composite

K Kalka Heating Plumbing Air scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 18.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−28.3

2016→2017

K Kalka Heating Plumbing Air injury rate improved

K Kalka Heating Plumbing Air's TCR fell 28.3 from 32.5 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 32.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=32.5 · 2017=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Irvine, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.4 · 655% of ind

DART 4.2 DART
RANK #581/594
PHOTO HARP Home Services
BOOK 2y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HARP Home Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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18.4
HARP Home Serv

18.4
FIRE SAFE Grou

18.4
Corley Service

18.4
Orlando Office

18.3

What this shows K Kalka Heating Plumbing Air averages 18.4 TCR (655% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi BLS benchmark).

K Kalka Heating Plumbing Air TCR series: 2016=32.5 · 2017=4.2 · BLS 2.8

Where K Kalka Heating Plumbing Air falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #581 safest of 594 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in California.

K Kalka Heating Plumbing Air (30 employees, TCR 18.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

K Kalka Heating Plumbing Air 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	Fatalities
2017	4.2	4.2	1	0	0
2016	32.5	0.0	11	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Irvine

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 622 employers in Irvine, CA · 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	HARP Home Services	WINDSOR, CT	18.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Orlando Office	OAKLAND, FL	18.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FIRE SAFE Group INC	REDONDO BEACH, CA	18.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Corley Service Corporation	GREENVILLE, SC	18.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	BZNUR	PORTERVILLE	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1780 San Juan Rd.	AROMAS	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Charter Oaks	ARBUCKLE	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Greenfields Turf, Inc.	GREENFIELD	30 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UC Irvine	Irvine	16,029 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CA-10	Irvine	4,926 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Edwards Lifesciences	Irvine	4,189 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Johnson and Johnson MDD CSS Irvine	Irvine	3,775 FTE
NAT-TCR	KWF Sebring, FL	Sebring, FL	18.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sodexo at Aa Admiral Club Dfw Term a	Dfw Airport, TX	18.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Blaine Brothers, Inc - Clearwater	Clearwater, MN	18.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Trego/Dugan Aviation of GI GRI	Grand Island, NE	18.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Rai Mx Dca	Washington, DC	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0001 - Lexington, Ky	Lexington, KY	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Erik Builders, Inc.	Honolulu, HI	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bellowstech	Florida, FL	30 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: 2017, 2016. 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.