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

Murphy & Miller, Inc.

Chicago, IL · ~82 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Murphy & Miller, Inc. runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Murphy & Miller, Inc.: 5.3 TCR = 189% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Murphy & Miller, Inc. safety composite

Murphy & Miller, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−5.9

2016→2022

Murphy & Miller, Inc. injury rate improved

Murphy & Miller, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.9 from 8.9 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.9 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=6.3 · 2021=7.0 · 2022=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 189% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #187/230
  • PHOTO Interstate Mechanica…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~82 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Interstate Mechanical Service, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Murphy & Miller, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Murphy & Miller, Inc. averages 5.3 TCR (189% 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

Murphy & Miller, Inc. TCR series: 2016=8.9 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=6.3 · 2021=7 · 2022=3 · BLS 2.8

Where Murphy & Miller, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 32% 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 #187 safest of 230 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Illinois.

Murphy & Miller, Inc. (82 employees, TCR 5.3) 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 Murphy & Miller, Inc.
Murphy & Miller, Inc. (82 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Murphy & Miller, Inc. has more 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
2022 3.0 3.0 2 0 0
2021 7.0 5.6 5 0 0
2019 6.3 6.3 5 0 0
2018 3.6 3.6 3 0 0
2017 3.1 3.1 3 0 0
2016 8.9 5.9 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IL · Chicago

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 Interstate Mechanical Service, LLC 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miller Proctor Nickolas,Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nasseff Plumbing and Heating, Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Condair Inc. 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE HOME NURSERY 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Plant 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Distribution 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 102585 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 100718 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Super Stop & Shop 0646 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Condair Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amcor Flexibles Asheville 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Welch Packaging Cleveland 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Construction 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northern States Metals Company 82 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: 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.