Plumbing and heating contractors · Florida

Southern Equipment Corporation

Tampa, FL · ~122 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Equipment Corporation runs at 185% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Southern Equipment Corporation: 5.2 TCR = 185% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Equipment Corporation safety composite

Southern Equipment Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−1.1

2022→2024

Southern Equipment Corporation injury rate improved

Southern Equipment Corporation's TCR fell 1.1 from 5.2 in 2022 to 4.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.2 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Tampa, FL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 185% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #272/425
  • PHOTO Bolton Construction …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~122 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bolton Construction and Service LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Equipment Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Equipment Corporation averages 5.2 TCR (185% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Equipment Corporation TCR series: 2022=5.2 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Southern Equipment Corporation falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #272 safest of 425 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Florida.

Southern Equipment Corporation (122 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 Southern Equipment Corporation
Southern Equipment Corporation (122 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Southern Equipment Corporation 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 4.1 3.4 6 0 0
2023 6.2 6.2 7 0 0
2022 5.2 2.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · FL · Tampa

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 1,659 employers in Tampa, FL · 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 Bolton Construction and Service LLC 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Savage and Son, Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SILCO FIRE & SECURITY - AKRON 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Warko Roofing Company Inc., dba The Warko Group 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE MCE Miami - Central Service Center 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Pensacola 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coastal Construction - Office 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cutler Bay Rapid Response Team 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR Diversified Maintenance Systems LLC 10,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tampa General Hospital 7,849 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valet Living, LLC 6,337 FTE
CITY-NEAR ST. Joseph's Hospital (5100) 5,540 FTE
NAT-TCR American-Marsh Pumps 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Evnsq, LLC 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6959 Bainbridge 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Royal of Cotuit 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE BlueCotton 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE Regency Plastics - Ubly, Inc. dba Sierra Plastics, Inc. 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Concord Water Services 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE Junto 122 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, 2023, 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.