Mechanical contractors · Texas

Lochridge-Priest, Inc. - Waco

Waco, TX · ~400 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lochridge-Priest, Inc. - Waco runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Lochridge-Priest, Inc. - Waco: 1.6 TCR = 56% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lochridge-Priest, Inc. - Waco safety composite

Lochridge-Priest, Inc. - Waco scores strongest on dart rate (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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−1.9

2023→2024

Lochridge-Priest, Inc. - Waco injury rate improved

Lochridge-Priest, Inc. - Waco's TCR fell 1.9 from 2.5 in 2023 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.5 · 2024=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Waco, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 56% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #144/408
  • PHOTO The Thomas J. Dyer C…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~400 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Thomas J. Dyer Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lochridge-Priest, Inc. - Waco in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lochridge-Priest, Inc. - Waco averages 1.6 TCR (56% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Lochridge-Priest, Inc. - Waco TCR series: 2023=2.5 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Lochridge-Priest, Inc. - Waco falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #144 safest of 408 Mechanical contractors employers in Texas.

Lochridge-Priest, Inc. - Waco (400 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Lochridge-Priest, Inc. - Waco
Lochridge-Priest, Inc. - Waco (400 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Lochridge-Priest, Inc. - Waco has more employees than the Mechanical 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
2024 0.6 0.0 3 0 0
2023 2.5 1.8 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · TX · Waco

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 314 employers in Waco, TX · 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 The Thomas J. Dyer Company 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kings Aire, Inc 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Apex Mechanical Systems, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0F24 - FT MYERS FIRE 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE R Construction Company 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mason Construction, LLC. 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE BrandSafway LLC - Dow Chemicals - Freeport 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vitro Flat Glass 400 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest 1,512 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - AUS3 1,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-TXWAC1 1,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR L3Harris AS IAS Waco 1,400 FTE
NAT-TCR McClintock Electric Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR North Shore Physicians Group 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Buffalo Construction Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR L Pugh & Associates 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cloverdale Foods 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mayfield Consumer Products 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lee's Summit Medical Center 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nyhen - Henrietta 400 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. 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.