Plumbing and heating contractors · California
Service Champions - Birch
Brea, CA · ~186 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 24.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Service Champions - Birch runs at 862% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade F.
Service Champions - Birch: 24.1 TCR = 862% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Service Champions - Birch safety composite
Service Champions - Birch scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).
19/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 24.14 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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
−21.1
2023→2024
Service Champions - Birch injury rate improved
Service Champions - Birch's TCR fell 21.1 from 34.7 in 2023 to 13.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 34.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=34.7 · 2024=13.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238220 · Brea, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 24.1 · 862% of ind
- DART 4.8 DART
- RANK #592/594
- PHOTO Haley's Metal Shop, …
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 67 inj
- SIZE ~186 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Haley's Metal Shop, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)
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Service Champions - Birch in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- RR Electric, H
RR Electric, Heating & Air
24.5 TCR
- This site
Service Champions - Birch
24.1 TCR
- Haley's Metal
Haley's Metal Shop, Inc.
24 TCR
- G.F. Bowman
G.F. Bowman
23.8 TCR
- Sherlock Heati
Sherlock Heating and Air
23.7 TCR
What this shows Service Champions - Birch averages 24.1 TCR (862% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).
Service Champions - Birch TCR series: 2023=34.7 · 2024=13.6 · BLS 2.8
Where Service Champions - Birch falls in its industry
5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishmentsSafer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #592 safest of 594 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in California.
Service Champions - Birch has more employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors 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 | 13.6 | 4.8 | 32 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 34.7 | 26.8 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238220 · CA · Brea
5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 150 employers in Brea, 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 | Haley's Metal Shop, Inc. | 24.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RR Electric, Heating & Air | 24.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | G.F. Bowman | 23.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sherlock Heating and Air | 23.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | PRIMA NOCE PACKING, INC. | 186 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jorge Castro Farms | 186 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CA-Redlands Nevada Bldg | 186 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pacific Coast Sales and Service, Inc. | 186 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Winpin 85C | 1,570 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Brea Distribution Center | 1,350 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ABS-0029-0028-06758 FAC-06758-BREA-CA | 1,143 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 464 | 917 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | OrePac Building Products - Bozeman | 24.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 0554 | 24.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Highline Rehabilitation and Care Community | 24.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ludlowe Center for health & rehab | 24.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | FlexLink Systems Inc. | 186 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | IDL Worldwide | 186 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Aspire Physical Recovery Center at Cahaba River, LLC | 186 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Yingling Aviation LLC | 186 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.