Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors · Iowa

Primary

Kalona, IA · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Primary runs at 468% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Primary: 13.1 TCR = 468% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Primary safety composite

Primary scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

−0.7

2016→2017

Primary injury rate improved

Primary's TCR fell 0.7 from 13.4 in 2016 to 12.7 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.4 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.4 · 2017=12.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Kalona, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.1 · 468% of ind

  • DART 12.7 DART
  • RANK #89/94
  • PHOTO College Place Heatin…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: College Place Heating and Air Conditioning (0.0 TCR gap)

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Primary in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Primary averages 13.1 TCR (468% of the Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Primary TCR series: 2016=13.4 · 2017=12.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Primary falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #89 safest of 94 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Iowa.

Primary (22 employees, TCR 13.1) 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 Primary
Primary (22 employees, TCR 13.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Primary has fewer employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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
2017 12.7 12.7 3 0 0
2016 13.4 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IA · Kalona

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 12 employers in Kalona, IA · 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 College Place Heating and Air Conditioning 13.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Circle Plumbing Inc 13.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sater Electric, Inc 13.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR B & D Plumbing, Heating & AC Inc. 13.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE GDM Seeds, Inc - Ankeny, IA 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Farmers Cooperative (Mt. Ayr) 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kevin D. Moellers 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sheldon 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pleasantview Home 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pleasantview 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR Engineered Plastic Components INC 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR CIVCO Medical Solutions - Manufacturing 115 FTE
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0024 0055 13.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 336 Bath Road 13.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 134 Medford Block 13.1 TCR
NAT-TCR General Beer-Northwest, Inc.-General Beer Northwoods 13.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE LKC CBTC Flushing 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0785 - Alexander City, Al 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0768 - Palmdale, Ca 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0732 - Dubois, Pa 22 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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