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

Ray N Welter Heating Co

Minneapolis, MN · ~23 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ray N Welter Heating Co runs at 255% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Ray N Welter Heating Co: 7.1 TCR = 255% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ray N Welter Heating Co safety composite

Ray N Welter Heating Co scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−19.9

2017→2024

Ray N Welter Heating Co injury rate improved

Ray N Welter Heating Co's TCR fell 19.9 from 19.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 19.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=19.9 · 2018=19.9 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=8.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Minneapolis, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 255% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #98/153
  • PHOTO Chesapeake Home Serv…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chesapeake Home Services, LLC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ray N Welter Heating Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ray N Welter Heating Co averages 7.1 TCR (255% 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

Ray N Welter Heating Co TCR series: 2017=19.9 · 2018=19.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=8.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Ray N Welter Heating Co falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #98 safest of 153 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Minnesota.

Ray N Welter Heating Co (23 employees, TCR 7.1) 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 Ray N Welter Heating Co
Ray N Welter Heating Co (23 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Ray N Welter Heating Co 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 8.7 4.3 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.3 0.0 1 0 0
2020 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 19.9 0.0 4 0 0
2017 19.9 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MN · Minneapolis

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, MN · 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 Chesapeake Home Services, LLC. 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR AB May Company 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hinton Refrigeration Co. 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Craig Mechanical, Inc. 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brooten 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE MNHT-SEL-HIGHWAY 12' 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fergus Falls CSC 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Twin Cities 22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER 12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0501 - City Center 8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hennepin County Medical Center 7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR Auburn Dairy Products, Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Select Specialty Hospital - Northeast New Jersey, Inc 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Greer 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodwill Industries of Orange County Costa Mesa 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vcf 165 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kohel Drywall LLC 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE O'Neal Excavating and Construction Inc 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE U.S.A. Drives, Inc. 23 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.