HVAC · Illinois

Rice Mechanical, Inc.

Schaumburg, IL · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rice Mechanical, Inc. runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical HVAC workplace, earning a grade D.

Rice Mechanical, Inc.: 4.3 TCR = 152% of HVAC BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rice Mechanical, Inc. safety composite

Rice Mechanical, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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)
D 4.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

Rice Mechanical, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Rice Mechanical, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 4.3 in 2017 to 4.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.3 · 2019=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Schaumburg, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 152% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #172/230
  • PHOTO All Temp Refrigerati…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: All Temp Refrigeration, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rice Mechanical, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rice Mechanical, Inc. averages 4.3 TCR (152% of the HVAC BLS benchmark).

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

Rice Mechanical, Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.3 · 2019=4.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Rice Mechanical, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #172 safest of 230 HVAC employers in Illinois.

Rice Mechanical, Inc. (30 employees, TCR 4.3) 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 Rice Mechanical, Inc.
Rice Mechanical, Inc. (30 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Rice Mechanical, Inc. has fewer employees than the HVAC 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
2019 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2017 4.3 4.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IL · Schaumburg

5,793 HVAC employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 246 employers in Schaumburg, IL · 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 All Temp Refrigeration, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR USA TX Fort Worth Railhead Rd 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CoolSys C&I Washington 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ORC 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Odell Fire 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Common Ops 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago Loop Tech 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spoon River Electric Cooperative, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6354-OFFS 3,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District No. 54 2,876 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nation Pizza & Foods (Schaumburg) 1,320 FTE
CITY-NEAR IL02 1,301 FTE
NAT-TCR Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Ltd 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR REN001 Reading 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Armoloy of Connecticut, Inc 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0029 2214 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE OmniSource LLC - SID Trucking 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE AWS- Tulsa 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Williams Plaza 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Arden Hills 30 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: 2019, 2017. 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.