Sheet metal, HVAC manugacturing · Indiana

Lau Industries

Rochester, IN · ~150 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lau Industries runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sheet metal, HVAC manugacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Lau Industries: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Sheet metal, HVAC manugacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lau Industries safety composite

Lau Industries scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

Lau Industries held a steady TCR band

Lau Industries's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.3 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.3 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.3 · 2017=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Rochester, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/35
  • PHOTO Air System Components
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~150 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Air System Components (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lau Industries in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lau Industries averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Sheet metal, HVAC manugacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Lau Industries TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2017=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Lau Industries falls in its industry

1,158 Sheet metal, HVAC manugacturin establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 35 Sheet metal, HVAC manugacturin employers in Indiana.

Lau Industries (150 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Lau Industries
Lau Industries (150 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Lau Industries has more employees than the Sheet metal, HVAC manugacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2017 1.2 0.0 0 2 0
2016 1.3 0.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · IN · Rochester

1,158 Sheet metal, HVAC manugacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 34 employers in Rochester, IN · 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 Air System Components 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amerimax Building Products 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Korellis Roofing Inc. 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kendallville IN 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harland Clarke Jeffersonville Indiana 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3C, LLC (Hague Rd.) 150 FTE
CITY-NEAR Woodlawn Hospital 424 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochester Metal Products 318 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochester Community School Corp 316 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lau- Rochester 204 FTE
NAT-TCR Community Living Hourly 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Oldcastle OPI - Chandler 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR MS - Solomons, MD - 5SOMD 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #3057 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE FAIST ChemTec, Inc. 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legends - The Star 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blue Valley Hospital 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE Odessa Center (Txode) 150 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: 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.