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

RMB Co. Inc

Iowa City, IA · ~38 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

RMB Co. Inc runs at 204% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

RMB Co. Inc: 5.7 TCR = 204% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RMB Co. Inc safety composite

RMB Co. Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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%).

RMB Co. Inc held a steady TCR band

RMB Co. Inc's TCR held near 0.1 from 6.7 in 2017 to 6.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.7 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=6.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Iowa City, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.7 · 204% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK #66/94
  • PHOTO All Star Energy Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: All Star Energy Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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RMB Co. Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows RMB Co. Inc averages 5.7 TCR (204% 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

RMB Co. Inc TCR series: 2017=6.7 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=6.8 · BLS 2.8

Where RMB Co. Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 29% 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 #66 safest of 94 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Iowa.

RMB Co. Inc (38 employees, TCR 5.7) 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 RMB Co. Inc
RMB Co. Inc (38 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

RMB Co. Inc 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
2019 6.8 6.8 2 0 0
2018 3.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 6.7 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IA · Iowa City

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 · 131 employers in Iowa City, 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 All Star Energy Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harvey & Price 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Complete Fire Solutions, Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR D&J Air Conditioning, Inc. 2018 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2050-Clarion, IA 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waukon Feed Ranch Agronomy Center 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Ames - Electric Production 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rognes Corp 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1918-19187610 29,553 FTE
CITY-NEAR Iowa City North Dodge (ICND) 940 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8010516-P and G Iowa City 772 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Iowa City 721 FTE
NAT-TCR Louise W Eggleston Ctr 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Cyr Bus Old Town 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Welsh Plant 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE William Street 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gv-Hhh1-Spring Arbor Greenville 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rdc-Hhh1-Spring Arbor Rd Cottage 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE CP Technologies Company 38 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, 2018, 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.