HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors · Pennsylvania

Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical Inc

Wilkes-Barre, PA · ~97 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical Inc runs at 215% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical Inc: 6.0 TCR = 215% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical Inc safety composite

Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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%).

Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical Inc held a steady TCR band

Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical Inc's TCR held near 0.3 from 5.9 in 2016 to 6.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.9 · 2018=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Wilkes-Barre, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 215% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #191/268
  • PHOTO Central Washington R…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~97 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Washington Refrigeration LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical Inc averages 6.0 TCR (215% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical Inc TCR series: 2016=5.9 · 2018=6.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical Inc falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #191 safest of 268 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Pennsylvania.

Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical Inc (97 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical Inc
Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical Inc (97 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical Inc has more employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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
2018 6.2 3.7 5 0 0
2016 5.9 0.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · PA · Wilkes-Barre

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 83 employers in Wilkes-Barre, PA · 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 Central Washington Refrigeration LLC 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CENTRAL MECHANICAL WICHITA, LLC 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thermal Engineering LLC 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Page Mechanical Group LLC 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE North American Drillers, LLC 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gibsonia 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pipeline Systems Inc. 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Asphalt Chase 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wilkes-Barre 1,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR AVP1 1,212 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mohegan Sun Pocono 1,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR 48002B01 CAREMARKPCS, L.L.C. 726 FTE
NAT-TCR Western Regional International Air Hub (Caejs) 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Anniston (Alann) 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR United Precast Industries 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AmeriGas - Ft. Lauderdale, FL 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Colby, Wi 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legends - Shoreline Amphitheater 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ryder Columbus 4919 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miami Gateway (Flimi) 97 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.