Plumbing and heating contractors · Illinois

Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc.

Fairbury, IL · ~55 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc. runs at 221% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc.: 6.2 TCR = 221% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc. safety composite

Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−5.4

2023→2024

Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc. injury rate improved

Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.4 from 8.9 in 2023 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=8.9 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 221% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #194/230
  • PHOTO Andersen Commercial …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Andersen Commercial Plumbing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc. averages 6.2 TCR (221% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc. TCR series: 2023=8.9 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 26% 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 #194 safest of 230 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Illinois.

Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc. (55 employees, TCR 6.2) 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 Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc.
Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc. (55 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc. has fewer employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors 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 3.5 1.7 2 0 0
2023 8.9 1.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IL · Fairbury

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 6 employers in Fairbury, 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 Andersen Commercial Plumbing 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR BMR2 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR BURGESON'S HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING, INC 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kevin Cohen Plumbing, Inc. 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0G6 - Gas Storage 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE BS&T Construction 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE JOSCO Construction Services, Inc 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fairview Haven, Inc. 165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dave's Supermarket 107 FTE
CITY-NEAR Edelman, LLC 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR PTC Tubular Products LLC Fairbury Plant 83 FTE
NAT-TCR Mnstc - Saint Cloud 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Caoly - Olympic 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Iamas - Mason City 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Paphi - Philadelphia 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bentley Commons at Lynchburg 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE MTP Drivetrain Services 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nextant Aerospace 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Paind - Indiana 55 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.