Plumbing and heating contractors · Louisiana

Preferred Plumbing and Mechanical

Lafayette, LA · ~39 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Preferred Plumbing and Mechanical runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Preferred Plumbing and Mechanical: 1.1 TCR = 39% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Preferred Plumbing and Mechanical safety composite

Preferred Plumbing and Mechanical scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

Preferred Plumbing and Mechanical: 0.0 → 2.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Preferred Plumbing and Mechanical's TCR rose 2.2 from 0.0 in 2023 to 2.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Lafayette, LA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 39% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #29/61
  • PHOTO T. H. Eifert, LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: T. H. Eifert, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Preferred Plumbing and Mechanical in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Preferred Plumbing and Mechanical averages 1.1 TCR (39% 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

Preferred Plumbing and Mechanical TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Preferred Plumbing and Mechanical falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 61 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Louisiana.

Preferred Plumbing and Mechanical (39 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 Plumbing and Mechanical
Preferred Plumbing and Mechanical (39 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Preferred Plumbing and Mechanical has fewer employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors 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
2024 2.2 0.0 1 0 1
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · LA · Lafayette

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 312 employers in Lafayette, LA · 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 T. H. Eifert, LLC 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ayrshire, Inc. (Piping) 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jorda Mechanical 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryan Fireprotection, Inc. - Noblesville 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Entergy Little Gypsy 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coughlin Power Station 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Acadia Power Station 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4375-XOM Baton Rouge 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Acadian Ambulance 3,166 FTE
CITY-NEAR OLG Lafayette General Medical Center 2,489 FTE
CITY-NEAR Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc. 1,348 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stuller, Inc. Global Headquarters 1,330 FTE
NAT-TCR Fayetteville 10266 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dedicated Fayetteville 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR South Carolina 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR SupplyOne Pittsburgh 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE C Thornton Inc. 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Griffin Construction LLC 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Family Museum 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Norcross, GA 39 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.