Fire sprinkler system installation · North Dakota

NOVA Fire Protection, Inc.

Fargo, ND · ~77 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

NOVA Fire Protection, Inc. runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire sprinkler system installation workplace, earning a grade D.

NOVA Fire Protection, Inc.: 4.0 TCR = 142% of Fire sprinkler system installation BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NOVA Fire Protection, Inc. safety composite

NOVA Fire Protection, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−1.6

2017→2024

NOVA Fire Protection, Inc. injury rate improved

NOVA Fire Protection, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.6 from 6.6 in 2017 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.6 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=5.0 · 2024=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Fargo, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 142% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #14/36
  • PHOTO Blanski Energy Manag…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Blanski Energy Management, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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NOVA Fire Protection, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NOVA Fire Protection, Inc. averages 4.0 TCR (142% of the Fire sprinkler system installation BLS benchmark).

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

NOVA Fire Protection, Inc. TCR series: 2017=6.6 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=5 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 2.8

Where NOVA Fire Protection, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installa establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 36 Fire sprinkler system installa employers in North Dakota.

NOVA Fire Protection, Inc. (77 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 NOVA Fire Protection, Inc.
NOVA Fire Protection, Inc. (77 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

NOVA Fire Protection, Inc. has more employees than the Fire sprinkler system installation 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
2024 5.1 1.0 5 0 0
2023 5.0 3.0 5 0 0
2022 7.3 3.1 7 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2019 4.8 1.6 3 0 0
2018 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 6.6 5.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · ND · Fargo

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 415 employers in Fargo, ND · 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 Blanski Energy Management, Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR JB Mechanical 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Viking Automatic Sprinkler Company 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR GNT Mechanical LLC 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Titan Energy Services, LLC 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE General Steel & Supply 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Minn-Dak Co. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE 582010000 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Fargo-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,963 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,FARGO - North Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2,722 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,FARGO - Fargo Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2,568 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Fargo-Broadway Hospital-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,547 FTE
NAT-TCR OHK Logistics, LLC 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR St. George 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR R29AS - Fergus Falls Office 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Permco 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE S08486 - NW Regional MRF 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bokisch Vineyard Management 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE S03960 - WI Madison 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE John A. Dalsin & Son, Inc. 77 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.