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

Kroeschell, Inc.

Arlington Heights, IL · ~353 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kroeschell, Inc. runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Kroeschell, Inc.: 1.4 TCR = 50% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kroeschell, Inc. safety composite

Kroeschell, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−0.6

2016→2019

Kroeschell, Inc. injury rate improved

Kroeschell, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.6 from 1.4 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.4 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Arlington Heights, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 50% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #75/230
  • PHOTO Three Rivers Sheet M…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~353 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Three Rivers Sheet Metal, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kroeschell, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kroeschell, Inc. averages 1.4 TCR (50% 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

Kroeschell, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=0.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Kroeschell, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #75 safest of 230 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Illinois.

Kroeschell, Inc. (353 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kroeschell, Inc.
Kroeschell, Inc. (353 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Kroeschell, Inc. has more 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
2019 0.9 0.6 3 0 0
2018 1.1 0.3 4 0 0
2017 2.2 1.0 9 0 0
2016 1.4 0.5 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IL · Arlington Heights

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 121 employers in Arlington Heights, IL · 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 Three Rivers Sheet Metal, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Massachusetts Office 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Livingston Fire Protection 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR TP Mechanical 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eakas Corporation 353 FTE
STATE-SIZE Branding Iron Holdings 352 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1325 Cicero 352 FTE
STATE-SIZE L.W. Schneider, Inc. 352 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwest Community Hospital 3,365 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARLINGTON HEIGHTS SCHOOL DISTRICT 25 911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4813-48130002-ENCORE CHICAGO 845 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lutheran Home and Serv For The Aged 796 FTE
NAT-TCR Job Site - Sky 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Oil States Skagit Smatco 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Field 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Advantage Tank Lines 20062 Seneca 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hilltop Health Services Corporation- 1129 Colorado Ave 353 FTE
NAT-SIZE DPI Specialty Foods - Mid Atlantic 353 FTE
NAT-SIZE Walsh & Kelly, Inc. - Corporate 353 FTE
NAT-SIZE Home Chef - Atlanta 353 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.