Heat exchangers manufacturing · Virginia

Mersen USA ACE Corp - Salem

Salem, VA · ~81 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mersen USA ACE Corp - Salem runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Heat exchangers manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Mersen USA ACE Corp - Salem: 1.5 TCR = 44% of Heat exchangers manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mersen USA ACE Corp - Salem safety composite

Mersen USA ACE Corp - Salem scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−1.1

2020→2023

Mersen USA ACE Corp - Salem injury rate improved

Mersen USA ACE Corp - Salem's TCR fell 1.1 from 1.1 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=1.1 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332410 · Salem, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 44% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/8
  • PHOTO Southern Heat Exchan…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southern Heat Exchanger Corp (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mersen USA ACE Corp - Salem in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mersen USA ACE Corp - Salem averages 1.5 TCR (44% of the Heat exchangers manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Mersen USA ACE Corp - Salem TCR series: 2020=1.1 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Mersen USA ACE Corp - Salem falls in its industry

171 Heat exchangers manufacturing establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 8 Heat exchangers manufacturing employers in Virginia.

Mersen USA ACE Corp - Salem (81 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Mersen USA ACE Corp - Salem
Mersen USA ACE Corp - Salem (81 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Mersen USA ACE Corp - Salem has more employees than the Heat exchangers manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.3 0.0 2 0 0
2021 2.4 0.0 0 2 0
2020 1.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332410 · VA · Salem

171 Heat exchangers manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 134 employers in Salem, VA · 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 Southern Heat Exchanger Corp 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR FABSCO FIN-AIR, LLC. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Deltak Inc 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alfa Laval Inc. Corporate (loc code: VARICH) 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Albemarle County Service Authority 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE JES Roanoke 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE EVI Services, LLC 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bagby Electric of Virginia, LLC 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carter Machinery Company, Inc. 2,763 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lewis Gale Medical Center 1,159 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC 770 FTE
CITY-NEAR LewisGale Medical Center 690 FTE
NAT-TCR HPN Cardiology Consultants 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Walco Electric Company 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Alproem Engineering Contractors Corp./Oficina Centrales 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Eventworks Jacksonville 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Frankfort 126 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jaeweon Lee 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mi Cocina - 971 E Interstate 30, Rockwall 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northern Air Systems, Inc. 81 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, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.