Air-conditioning equipment (except motor vehicle) manufacturing · Oklahoma
Nortek Okarche
Okarche, OK · ~534 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Nortek Okarche runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Air-conditioning equipment (except motor vehicle) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Nortek Okarche: 2.5 TCR = 74% of Air-conditioning equipment (except motor vehicle) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Nortek Okarche safety composite
Nortek Okarche scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 55% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 0% 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
2018→2024
Nortek Okarche injury rate improved
Nortek Okarche's TCR fell 1.1 from 2.3 in 2018 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=2.3 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=1.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333415 · Okarche, OK AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 74% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #10/22
- PHOTO RectorSeal Fall River
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 82 inj
- SIZE ~534 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: RectorSeal Fall River (0.0 TCR gap)
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Nortek Okarche in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Nortek Okarche
2.5 TCR
- RectorSeal Fal
RectorSeal Fall River
2.5 TCR
- Hoshizaki Amer
Hoshizaki America, Inc GFN Facility
2.5 TCR
- ClimaCool Corp
ClimaCool Corp
2.4 TCR
- Plexus Manufac
Plexus Manufacturing-Appleton 2
2.4 TCR
What this shows Nortek Okarche averages 2.5 TCR (74% of the Air-conditioning equipment (except motor vehicle) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Nortek Okarche TCR series: 2018=2.3 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Nortek Okarche falls in its industry
461 Air-conditioning equipment (ex establishmentsSafer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Oklahoma alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 22 Air-conditioning equipment (ex employers in Oklahoma.
Nortek Okarche has more employees than the Air-conditioning equipment (except motor median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333415 · OK · Okarche
461 Air-conditioning equipment (except motor vehicle) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,320 rated employers in Oklahoma with headcount on file · 10 employers in Okarche, OK · 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 | RectorSeal Fall River | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hoshizaki America, Inc GFN Facility | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ClimaCool Corp | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plexus Manufacturing-Appleton 2 | 2.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Baker Hughes - Claremore Pump Plant | 534 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Southwestern Medical Center | 535 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Georg Fischer Central Plastics | 538 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | OKCCX0178 OKC - UPS | 530 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Temtrol | 420 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mach Energy Service LLC | 175 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Central Oklahoma | 112 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Frontier Bridge | 86 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Lakeside Book Company - Menasha | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 5980 - Ft Lauderdale | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Toyoda Gosei Automotive Sealing of Kentucky | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Suppose U Drive Inc. | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | SEACORP | 534 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bass Pro DC Springfield | 534 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Georgia Crown Distributing Co. | 534 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota | 534 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.