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

Matrix HG, Inc. Novato

Novato, CA · ~56 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Matrix HG, Inc. Novato runs at 100% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Matrix HG, Inc. Novato: 2.8 TCR = 100% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Matrix HG, Inc. Novato safety composite

Matrix HG, Inc. Novato scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

Matrix HG, Inc. Novato: 0.0 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 8.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.1× in 2024

Matrix HG, Inc. Novato's TCR rose 3.1 from 0.0 in 2021 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Novato, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 100% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #215/594
  • PHOTO Shapiro & Duncan field
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shapiro & Duncan field (0.0 TCR gap)

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Matrix HG, Inc. Novato in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Matrix HG, Inc. Novato averages 2.8 TCR (100% 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

Matrix HG, Inc. Novato TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Matrix HG, Inc. Novato falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #215 safest of 594 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in California.

Matrix HG, Inc. Novato (56 employees, TCR 2.8) 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 Matrix HG, Inc. Novato
Matrix HG, Inc. Novato (56 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Matrix HG, Inc. Novato has fewer employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 8.1 8.1 1 2 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Novato

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 79 employers in Novato, CA · 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 Shapiro & Duncan field 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Master Cooling Corporation 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minton and Roberson Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR J Geyer Plumbing, Inc. 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wallace Brothers 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Sun Farms, Inc 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1624 Poole Blvd., Yuba City, CA 95993 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Copperhill 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. 2,276 FTE
CITY-NEAR Township Building Services, Inc. 1,341 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Bay Hospitals (30256) 355 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novato Community Hospital (274-NC-HSP) 337 FTE
NAT-TCR Montrose Molders 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bethel Lutheran Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Northome School 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Environment Control Ohio Valley, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brigham 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE 212TRH 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE 601LAN 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Varex Imaging, Las Vegas 56 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, 2022, 2021. 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.