Heating contractors · Ohio

Lakes Heating

Akron, OH · ~39 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lakes Heating runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Heating contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Lakes Heating: 2.7 TCR = 98% of Heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lakes Heating safety composite

Lakes Heating scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−2.9

2016→2023

Lakes Heating injury rate improved

Lakes Heating's TCR fell 2.9 from 5.2 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=9.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Akron, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 98% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #148/300
  • PHOTO FRESH MEADOW CHILLER…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FRESH MEADOW CHILLER SERVICES, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lakes Heating in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lakes Heating averages 2.7 TCR (98% of the Heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Lakes Heating TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=9.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Lakes Heating falls in its industry

5,793 Heating contractors establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #148 safest of 300 Heating contractors employers in Ohio.

Lakes Heating (39 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 Lakes Heating
Lakes Heating (39 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Lakes Heating has fewer employees than the Heating contractors 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
2023 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 9.6 9.6 4 0 0
2020 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 5.2 5.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · OH · Akron

5,793 Heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 512 employers in Akron, OH · 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 FRESH MEADOW CHILLER SERVICES, LLC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR MK HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING, INC. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bay City Mechanical Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR CoolSys C&I Albuquerque Service 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE DRW PACKING INC 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE OHI Greenhouse LLC 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bridgewater Dairy LLC 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rossburg Facility 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron 6,746 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron Children's Hospital 6,060 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summa Health - Akron City 4,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron General Medical Center 4,176 FTE
NAT-TCR River Crossing of Edwardsville 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4701 Las Vegas, NV 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Troy Il 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Adrian Jules Ltd 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Saunders Company 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Garland DC 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wisconsin Location 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE BrandSafway, LLC - Omaha Branch 39 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.