Sheet metal duct work installation · New York

Karo Sheet Metal, Inc.

Brooklyn, NY · ~30 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Karo Sheet Metal, Inc. runs at 194% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sheet metal duct work installation workplace, earning a grade D.

Karo Sheet Metal, Inc.: 5.4 TCR = 194% of Sheet metal duct work installation BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Karo Sheet Metal, Inc. safety composite

Karo Sheet Metal, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−7.9

2017→2023

Karo Sheet Metal, Inc. injury rate improved

Karo Sheet Metal, Inc.'s TCR fell 7.9 from 7.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.9 · 2018=8.3 · 2020=11.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Brooklyn, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 194% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #206/297
  • PHOTO Advanced Hood Systems
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Advanced Hood Systems (0.0 TCR gap)

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Karo Sheet Metal, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Karo Sheet Metal, Inc. averages 5.4 TCR (194% of the Sheet metal duct work installation BLS benchmark).

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

Karo Sheet Metal, Inc. TCR series: 2017=7.9 · 2018=8.3 · 2020=11.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Karo Sheet Metal, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Sheet metal duct work installa establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #206 safest of 297 Sheet metal duct work installa employers in New York.

Karo Sheet Metal, Inc. (30 employees, TCR 5.4) 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 Karo Sheet Metal, Inc.
Karo Sheet Metal, Inc. (30 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Karo Sheet Metal, Inc. has fewer employees than the Sheet metal duct work 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 11.8 11.8 3 0 0
2018 8.3 4.2 2 0 0
2017 7.9 3.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NY · Brooklyn

5,793 Sheet metal duct work installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 941 employers in Brooklyn, NY · 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 Advanced Hood Systems 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cameron B. Freeman Inc (dba) Technical Hot & Cold 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clarke & Rush Mechanical, Inc 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR L.A. Lacy, LLC 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hemdale Farms Inc 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE My Forest Foods 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Part 2 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE W.W. Patterson, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR EDI - Brooklyn 946 9,270 FTE
CITY-NEAR S & A Unified Home Care, Inc. 7,782 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maimonides Medical Center 6,641 FTE
CITY-NEAR NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn 5,690 FTE
NAT-TCR Precision Concrete LLC 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR MacDonald Training Center, Inc. 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR KJ's Market #618 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Contractors Electrical Distributors (PC7250) 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cleveland Vibrator Company 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northern Indiana Manufacturing 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Straight Arrow Products, Inc. - Highland 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Land of Lincoln Goodwill Champaign Store 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 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.