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

Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Inc.

Salem, OR · ~88 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Inc. runs at 213% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Inc.: 6.0 TCR = 213% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Inc. safety composite

Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Inc.: 4.1 → 12.4 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 12.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.62× in 2020

Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Inc.'s TCR rose 8.3 from 4.1 in 2017 to 12.4 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Salem, OR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 213% of ind

  • DART 9.7 DART
  • RANK #55/86
  • PHOTO Service Mechanical, …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Service Mechanical, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Inc. averages 6.0 TCR (213% 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

Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.1 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=12.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 86 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Oregon.

Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Inc. (88 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Inc.
Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Inc. (88 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Inc. has more 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
2020 12.4 9.7 9 0 0
2019 3.6 3.6 3 0 0
2018 3.7 2.5 3 0 0
2017 4.1 4.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · OR · Salem

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 471 employers in Salem, OR · 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 Service Mechanical, Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ridgeway Plumbing, Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Key Fire Protection, Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DB Mechanical, LLC 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE TGC Structural 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brown Contracting, Inc. 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eugene MDF 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE KNIFE RIVER - PRESTRESS DIVISION HARRISBURG 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oregon State Hospital-Salem Campus 2,036 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : PDX7 1,559 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chemeketa Community College 1,551 FTE
CITY-NEAR Human Service Building ODHS 1,402 FTE
NAT-TCR 0008-Sardis Oaks 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 15113 Baylor Medical Center at Irving - Managed 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 23 New London, Ct 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 449 Richmond, Va 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Diversified Fluid Solutions 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coshocton Trucking 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Glenwood Care and Rehabilitation 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Accel Framing, Inc. 88 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: 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.