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

MK Industries Inc.

Vernon Hills, IL · ~93 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MK Industries Inc. runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

MK Industries Inc.: 1.5 TCR = 53% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MK Industries Inc. safety composite

MK Industries Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−0.8

2022→2024

MK Industries Inc. injury rate improved

MK Industries Inc.'s TCR fell 0.8 from 1.9 in 2022 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.9 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Vernon Hills, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.5 · 53% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #83/230
  • PHOTO Main Office - 001
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~93 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Main Office - 001 (0.0 TCR gap)

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MK Industries Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MK Industries Inc. averages 1.5 TCR (53% 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 2026-09-26

MK Industries Inc. TCR series: 2022=1.9 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 2.8

Where MK Industries Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #83 safest of 230 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Illinois.

MK Industries Inc. (93 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 MK Industries Inc.
MK Industries Inc. (93 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

MK Industries Inc. has more 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 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2022 1.9 1.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IL · Vernon Hills

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 65 employers in Vernon Hills, IL · 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 Main Office - 001 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harvey W. Hottel 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S.A. Comunale - DC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ShoMe Fire Sprinkler Co Inc 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Aperion Care Moline 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE CCA Chicago Bolingbrook (17502) 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plasticade - Skokie 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE FedEx 1200 DEVON AVE 93 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vernon Hills 1,273 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rust-Oleum 580 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vernon Hills, IL - BCU 434 FTE
CITY-NEAR BD Vernon Hills 375 FTE
NAT-TCR Main Office - 001 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Snider Fleet Solutions - Pelzer 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cargill Fort Dodge 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 9335 - Indianapolis Fulfillment Center 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Canopy by Hilton Washington DC | The Wharf 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Transcontinental Packaging Ontario 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Price Chopper #200 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metal Design Systems Inc. 93 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, 2022. 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.