Plumbing and heating contractors · Texas
L&S Plumbing Partnership, Ltd. d/b/a L&S Mechanical - Houston Location
Houston, TX · ~80 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
L&S Plumbing Partnership, Ltd. d/b/a L&S Mechanical - Houston Location runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade D.
L&S Plumbing Partnership, Ltd. d/b/a L&S Mechanical - Houston Location: 5.3 TCR = 188% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
L&S Plumbing Partnership, Ltd. d/b/a L&S Mechanical - Houston Location safety composite
L&S Plumbing Partnership, Ltd. d/b/a L&S Mechanical - Houston Location scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.34 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% 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%).
Rising injury rate
L&S Plumbing Partnership, Ltd. d/b/a L&S Mechanical - Houston Location: 5.0 → 5.6 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 5.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.63× in 2023
L&S Plumbing Partnership, Ltd. d/b/a L&S Mechanical - Houston Location's TCR rose 0.6 from 5.0 in 2022 to 5.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238220 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 188% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #315/408
- PHOTO North Central Mechan…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~80 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: North Central Mechanical, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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L&S Plumbing Partnership, Ltd. d/b/a L&S Mechanical - Houston Location in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
L&S Plumbing Partnership, Ltd. d/b/a L&S Mechanical - Houston Location
5.3 TCR
- North Central
North Central Mechanical, Inc.
5.3 TCR
- Drum Plumbing,
Drum Plumbing, Inc.
5.3 TCR
- San Antonio TX
San Antonio TX Branch
5.3 TCR
- Barnes & Dodge
Barnes & Dodge, Inc.
5.3 TCR
What this shows L&S Plumbing Partnership, Ltd. d/b/a L&S Mechanical - Houston Location averages 5.3 TCR (188% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).
L&S Plumbing Partnership, Ltd. d/b/a L&S Mechanical - Houston Location TCR series: 2022=5 · 2023=5.6 · BLS 2.8
Where L&S Plumbing Partnership, Ltd. d/b/a L&S Mechanical - Houston Location falls in its industry
5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishmentsSafer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #315 safest of 408 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Texas.
L&S Plumbing Partnership, Ltd. d/b/a L&S Mechanical - Houston Location has more employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors 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 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238220 · TX · Houston
5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, 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 | North Central Mechanical, Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Drum Plumbing, Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | San Antonio TX Branch | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Barnes & Dodge, Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | STRC Oilfield Technology, LLC | 80 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Edison Plaza | 80 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | YSTA Services, Inc. | 80 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Edinburg Office | 80 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IAH IAH | 11,560 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices | 10,239 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6925-IAH | 9,442 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center | 8,873 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Prizer Painter Stove Works | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chatsworth Health Care Center | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wolverine Worldwide - Distribution Center 55 | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-Greater Northeast : SVC-Providence RI-USA | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bayside Distributing, LLC | 80 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Common Market | 80 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bloomfield Township Police Dept | 80 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Environmental Landscape Development, Inc | 80 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.