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

Sarracco Mechanical

Waterbury, CT · ~97 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sarracco Mechanical runs at 313% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Sarracco Mechanical: 8.8 TCR = 313% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sarracco Mechanical safety composite

Sarracco Mechanical scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

Sarracco Mechanical: 7.1 → 10.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.06× in 2024

Sarracco Mechanical's TCR rose 3.3 from 7.1 in 2022 to 10.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Waterbury, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 313% of ind

  • DART 9.3 DART
  • RANK #48/54
  • PHOTO Black River Plumbing…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~97 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Black River Plumbing, Heating & AC, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sarracco Mechanical in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sarracco Mechanical averages 8.8 TCR (313% 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

Sarracco Mechanical TCR series: 2022=7.1 · 2024=10.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Sarracco Mechanical falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 54 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Connecticut.

Sarracco Mechanical (97 employees, TCR 8.8) 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 Sarracco Mechanical
Sarracco Mechanical (97 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Sarracco Mechanical 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
2024 10.4 9.3 9 0 0
2022 7.1 5.1 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CT · Waterbury

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 218 employers in Waterbury, CT · 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 Black River Plumbing, Heating & AC, Inc. 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR VMI 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR JACOB SHEET METAL WORKS, INC. 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bill Owens HTG & Air Inc 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 570 - Hartford 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rex Lumber Co CT yard 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE Olin Brass - Somers Thin Strip 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE Terex Corporation 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Mary's Hospital 1,654 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterbury Hospital 1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartford-Saint Mary's Hospital 1,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Naugatuck Valley Community College 1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR 3422 - Huntington Beach Garfield and Beach 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ocean Springs Lumber Company 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Pekin Community High School District #303 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Crestwood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Inc 8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chandler Construction Services, Inc. 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heatco, Inc. 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ord Gwchicagoil 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avient Colormatrix Corporation 97 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, 2022. 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.