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

Kurth Sheet Metal Inc

Chippewa Falls, WI · ~21 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kurth Sheet Metal Inc runs at 502% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Kurth Sheet Metal Inc: 14.1 TCR = 502% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kurth Sheet Metal Inc safety composite

Kurth Sheet Metal Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

−16.3

2018→2023

Kurth Sheet Metal Inc injury rate improved

Kurth Sheet Metal Inc's TCR fell 16.3 from 16.3 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 25.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=16.3 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=25.6 · 2021=21.3 · 2022=16.1 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Chippewa Falls, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.1 · 502% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #149/154
  • PHOTO RotoCo - Desert
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RotoCo - Desert (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kurth Sheet Metal Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kurth Sheet Metal Inc averages 14.1 TCR (502% 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

Kurth Sheet Metal Inc TCR series: 2018=16.3 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=25.6 · 2021=21.3 · 2022=16.1 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Kurth Sheet Metal Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #149 safest of 154 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Wisconsin.

Kurth Sheet Metal Inc (21 employees, TCR 14.1) 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 Kurth Sheet Metal Inc
Kurth Sheet Metal Inc (21 employees, TCR 14.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Kurth Sheet Metal Inc has fewer employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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 16.1 0.0 3 0 0
2021 21.3 16.0 4 0 0
2020 25.6 15.3 3 2 0
2019 5.1 5.1 1 0 0
2018 16.3 10.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · WI · Chippewa Falls

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 112 employers in Chippewa Falls, WI · 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 RotoCo - Desert 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR GARY & SONS INC 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ServiceOne Air Conditioning Main Office 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crouse Brothers HVAC, Inc 14.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Legacy Farms LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Westby 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Inguran LLC (dba STgenetics-Vienna Farms) 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE ALL ENERGY SOLAR MADISON WI 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR TTM Technologies Chippewa Falls 649 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5373 528 FTE
CITY-NEAR River Country Co-op 499 FTE
CITY-NEAR TTM Technologies 457 FTE
NAT-TCR The Village at Sydney Creek 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR AWP-Riverton 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ihop 3081 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6957-PSP 14.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Trego/Dugan Aviation Inc Fwa 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE CMP-P1 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE EMJ Memphis 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE J.A. Morrissey, Inc 21 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.