HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors · Virginia

Kreider Mechanical Inc. (Kreider, Ayers, & Associates)

Roanoke, VA · ~67 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kreider Mechanical Inc. (Kreider, Ayers, & Associates) runs at 344% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Kreider Mechanical Inc. (Kreider, Ayers, & Associates): 9.6 TCR = 344% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kreider Mechanical Inc. (Kreider, Ayers, & Associates) safety composite

Kreider Mechanical Inc. (Kreider, Ayers, & Associates) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−16.3

2022→2024

Kreider Mechanical Inc. (Kreider, Ayers, & Associates) injury rate improved

Kreider Mechanical Inc. (Kreider, Ayers, & Associates)'s TCR fell 16.3 from 19.2 in 2022 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 19.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=19.2 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Roanoke, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.6 · 344% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #143/152
  • PHOTO Purl's Sheet Metal &…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Purl's Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kreider Mechanical Inc. (Kreider, Ayers, & Associates) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kreider Mechanical Inc. (Kreider, Ayers, & Associates) averages 9.6 TCR (344% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Kreider Mechanical Inc. (Kreider, Ayers, & Associates) TCR series: 2022=19.2 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Kreider Mechanical Inc. (Kreider, Ayers, & Associates) falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #143 safest of 152 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Virginia.

Kreider Mechanical Inc. (Kreider, Ayers, & Associates) (67 employees, TCR 9.6) 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kreider Mechanical Inc. (Kreider, Ayers, & Associates)
Kreider Mechanical Inc. (Kreider, Ayers, & Associates) (67 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Kreider Mechanical Inc. (Kreider, Ayers, & Associates) has more 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
2024 2.9 1.4 2 0 0
2023 6.8 3.4 2 2 0
2022 19.2 17.4 2 9 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · VA · Roanoke

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 415 employers in Roanoke, VA · 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 Purl's Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Simmtegrity Air, Inc. 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hancock and Son Plumbing LLC. 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shane Elmore Plumbing 9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Soli Organic Inc. - Harrisonburg Biofarm 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thompson Construction Group Inc BAE Radford 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eilerson Development Corporation dba EDC 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Blair Brothers, Inc. 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carilion Clinic Co. 01 7,384 FTE
CITY-NEAR Roanoke City Public Schools 1,849 FTE
CITY-NEAR Other Location 1,808 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carilion Clinic Services Co. 13 1,753 FTE
NAT-TCR Blakeney 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Maintenance Building 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Marriott Hartford Downtown 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bull-Bond Mfg Corp 9.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE West 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Princeton Instruments - Trenton 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Guess Cattle Co LLC 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE 143009-San Jose | CA | SAN-555 67 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.