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

NorCal/San Jose State Science Bldg.

San Jose, CA · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

NorCal/San Jose State Science Bldg. runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

NorCal/San Jose State Science Bldg.: 1.7 TCR = 62% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NorCal/San Jose State Science Bldg. safety composite

NorCal/San Jose State Science Bldg. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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)
C 1.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

NorCal/San Jose State Science Bldg.: 0.0 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 3.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2022

NorCal/San Jose State Science Bldg.'s TCR rose 3.5 from 0.0 in 2021 to 3.5 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 2× 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 B · TCR 1.7 · 62% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #141/594
  • PHOTO Multi Mechanical, Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Multi Mechanical, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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NorCal/San Jose State Science Bldg. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NorCal/San Jose State Science Bldg. averages 1.7 TCR (62% 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 2026-09-26

NorCal/San Jose State Science Bldg. TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=3.5 · BLS 2.8

Where NorCal/San Jose State Science Bldg. falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 73% 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 #141 safest of 594 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in California.

NorCal/San Jose State Science Bldg. (26 employees, TCR 1.7) 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 NorCal/San Jose State Science Bldg.
NorCal/San Jose State Science Bldg. (26 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

NorCal/San Jose State Science Bldg. 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
2022 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · San Jose

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 · 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 Multi Mechanical, Inc 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dixie Industrial Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ehret, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Custom Mechanical Construction, Inc. 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Valley Biosystems 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE WAG HOTELS - West Los Angeles 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Delano Joint Union High School 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE 10484 26 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 Thermospas Hot Tub Products, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 4813-48130007-Freeman Av Dallas 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Town Hall 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at George Washington Hos-Starbuck 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4890 Carrier Mid Atlantic 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 42937 - Akron Fac. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 44916 - West Palm Beach Fac. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smoky Springs 26 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.