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

R.B. Spencer, Inc.

Yuba City, CA · ~37 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

R.B. Spencer, Inc. runs at 441% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

R.B. Spencer, Inc.: 12.3 TCR = 441% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

R.B. Spencer, Inc. safety composite

R.B. Spencer, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

−5.1

2020→2024

R.B. Spencer, Inc. injury rate improved

R.B. Spencer, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.1 from 19.2 in 2020 to 14.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 19.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=19.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=16.0 · 2024=14.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Yuba City, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 441% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #545/594
  • PHOTO Air Mechanical & Ser…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Air Mechanical & Service Corp Englewood (0.0 TCR gap)

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R.B. Spencer, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows R.B. Spencer, Inc. averages 12.3 TCR (441% 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

R.B. Spencer, Inc. TCR series: 2020=19.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=16 · 2024=14.2 · BLS 2.8

Where R.B. Spencer, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #545 safest of 594 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in California.

R.B. Spencer, Inc. (37 employees, TCR 12.3) 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 R.B. Spencer, Inc.
R.B. Spencer, Inc. (37 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

R.B. Spencer, Inc. has fewer 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 14.2 3.5 4 0 0
2023 16.0 4.0 4 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 19.2 19.2 4 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Yuba City

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 123 employers in Yuba City, CA · 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 Air Mechanical & Service Corp Englewood 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Younger Brothers Plumbing LLC 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR P&L Johnson Mechanical Shop 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR FREEDOM PLUMBING LLC 12.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE BULLSEYE FARMS LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE KP Spraying LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE KAN - 01 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kimberlina Shop 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yuba City Unified School District 2,348 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sunsweet Growers 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR RMZ Farm Labor Services 609 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1903 462 FTE
NAT-TCR Air Mechanical & Service Corp Englewood 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Groveton N.H. 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bn Snf LLC 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Crystal Cabinet Works, Inc. 12.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Unimex Freight 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Timber Creek Resource - Walworth 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chicago Logistics Support 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Montana 37 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, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.