Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors · Indiana

Masters Heating & Cooling, Inc. - Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, IN · ~46 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Masters Heating & Cooling, Inc. - Fort Wayne runs at 360% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Masters Heating & Cooling, Inc. - Fort Wayne: 10.1 TCR = 360% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Masters Heating & Cooling, Inc. - Fort Wayne safety composite

Masters Heating & Cooling, Inc. - Fort Wayne scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−2.4

2017→2023

Masters Heating & Cooling, Inc. - Fort Wayne injury rate improved

Masters Heating & Cooling, Inc. - Fort Wayne's TCR fell 2.4 from 10.8 in 2017 to 8.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.8 · 2018=9.7 · 2019=8.9 · 2021=12.4 · 2023=8.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Fort Wayne, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.1 · 360% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #117/130
  • PHOTO Elite Heating and AC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Elite Heating and AC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Masters Heating & Cooling, Inc. - Fort Wayne in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Masters Heating & Cooling, Inc. - Fort Wayne averages 10.1 TCR (360% of the Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Masters Heating & Cooling, Inc. - Fort Wayne TCR series: 2017=10.8 · 2018=9.7 · 2019=8.9 · 2021=12.4 · 2023=8.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Masters Heating & Cooling, Inc. - Fort Wayne falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #117 safest of 130 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Indiana.

Masters Heating & Cooling, Inc. - Fort Wayne (46 employees, TCR 10.1) 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 Masters Heating & Cooling, Inc. - Fort Wayne
Masters Heating & Cooling, Inc. - Fort Wayne (46 employees, TCR 10.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Masters Heating & Cooling, Inc. - Fort Wayne has fewer employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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 8.4 2.1 4 0 0
2021 12.4 4.2 6 0 0
2019 8.9 4.5 4 0 0
2018 9.7 4.9 4 0 0
2017 10.8 2.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IN · Fort Wayne

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 634 employers in Fort Wayne, 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 Elite Heating and AC 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Specialized Pipe Technologies - OC 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CKP Heating & Cooling LLC. 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR HVAC Services INC 10.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Legacy Parlor 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE 161-NiSource-Hammond IN-Gas Opns Center 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Milhaus Construction LLC 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moore Restoration Inc 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Memorial Hospital 6,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview North Hospital 4,648 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Corporate Office 3,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shambaugh & Son LP 3,072 FTE
NAT-TCR Sunnycrest Inc. 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Sunwest IL/AL/MC 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR HG704 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 4054-ABS-0019-0018-00536 10.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Parkway Products, LLC ASH 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Food 4 Less - San Luis Obispo 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unit #2869 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unit #2715 46 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, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.