HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors · Florida

Preferred Air Conditioning & Mechanical

West Palm Beach, FL · ~69 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Preferred Air Conditioning & Mechanical runs at 250% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Preferred Air Conditioning & Mechanical: 7.0 TCR = 250% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Preferred Air Conditioning & Mechanical safety composite

Preferred Air Conditioning & Mechanical scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−7.9

2017→2024

Preferred Air Conditioning & Mechanical injury rate improved

Preferred Air Conditioning & Mechanical's TCR fell 7.9 from 11.0 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.0 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · West Palm Beach, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 250% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #336/425
  • PHOTO Adrian Mechanical Se…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Adrian Mechanical Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Preferred Air Conditioning & Mechanical in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Preferred Air Conditioning & Mechanical averages 7.0 TCR (250% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Preferred Air Conditioning & Mechanical TCR series: 2017=11 · 2024=3 · BLS 2.8

Where Preferred Air Conditioning & Mechanical falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #336 safest of 425 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Florida.

Preferred Air Conditioning & Mechanical (69 employees, TCR 7.0) 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 Preferred Air Conditioning & Mechanical
Preferred Air Conditioning & Mechanical (69 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Preferred Air Conditioning & Mechanical has more employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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 3.0 1.5 1 1 0
2017 11.0 11.0 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · FL · West Palm Beach

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 446 employers in West Palm Beach, FL · 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 Adrian Mechanical Services 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Princeco Inc 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR RRSC Northern VA 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Williams Plumbing & Heating - Bozeman 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Roth Farms, Inc 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE PM1 Pompano Beach Service Center 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ric-Man Construction Florida, Inc. 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Florida 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spar Business Services 7,516 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unity Lab Services 3,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-947 1,719 FTE
CITY-NEAR 947 ST MARY S MEDICAL CENTER 1,699 FTE
NAT-TCR Central Transport - 631 631SH 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lowell General Hospital 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Butterball Farms, Inc. 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pincus Elevator Co., Inc. 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rembco Geotechnical Contractors, Inc. 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sterling Rope 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Branch 3736 - Landover,MD 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Landmark of Plano 69 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.