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

Melgar Mechanical Inc

San Jose, CA · ~43 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Melgar Mechanical Inc runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Melgar Mechanical Inc: 1.2 TCR = 44% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Melgar Mechanical Inc safety composite

Melgar Mechanical Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

Melgar Mechanical Inc: 0.0 → 5.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.0 TCR · DART/TCR 4× in 2024

Melgar Mechanical Inc's TCR rose 5.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 5.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 44% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK #87/594
  • PHOTO Lawton Mechanical Co…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lawton Mechanical Contractors (0.0 TCR gap)

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Melgar Mechanical Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Melgar Mechanical Inc averages 1.2 TCR (44% 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

Melgar Mechanical Inc TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=5 · BLS 2.8

Where Melgar Mechanical Inc falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 82% 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 #87 safest of 594 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in California.

Melgar Mechanical Inc (43 employees, TCR 1.2) 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 Melgar Mechanical Inc
Melgar Mechanical Inc (43 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Melgar Mechanical Inc has fewer employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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 5.0 5.0 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · San Jose

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, 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 Lawton Mechanical Contractors 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR DeBra-Kuempel Inc 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wood Air Conditioning, LLC 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crawford Mechanical Services 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Robert & Sandra Garcia Farming Partnership 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARVIN ADMINISTRATION 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Donald W Beeman 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE KG Vineyard Management, LLC 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR Bay Ltd. @ Valero Houston Refinery 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Edwards Vacuum 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Bend Power Station 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Antique Candle Co. 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Shelly Company - Northwest Division HMA 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital - EVS 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peterson Power Eugene 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Silver Angels- Montgomery 43 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.