Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing · Texas

Southern Heat Exchanger Corp

Houston, TX · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Heat Exchanger Corp runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Southern Heat Exchanger Corp: 1.5 TCR = 45% of Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Heat Exchanger Corp safety composite

Southern Heat Exchanger Corp scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Southern Heat Exchanger Corp: 0.0 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2.01× in 2017

Southern Heat Exchanger Corp's TCR rose 3.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332410 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #7/17
  • PHOTO Deltak Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Deltak Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Heat Exchanger Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Heat Exchanger Corp averages 1.5 TCR (45% of the Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Heat Exchanger Corp TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Southern Heat Exchanger Corp falls in its industry

171 Aftercoolers (i.e., heat excha establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 17 Aftercoolers (i.e., heat excha employers in Texas.

Southern Heat Exchanger Corp (29 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Heat Exchanger Corp
Southern Heat Exchanger Corp (29 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Southern Heat Exchanger Corp has fewer employees than the Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) man median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2017 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332410 · TX · Houston

171 Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 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 Deltak Inc 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alfa Laval Inc. Corporate (loc code: VARICH) 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alabama Heat Exchangers, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mersen USA ACE Corp - Salem 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cobalt Cattle Company LLC - Hereford 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pepper Dairy 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE SROOC Holding LLC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE G&G Logging, LLC 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR Capital Building Service Group 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Titan Global, LLC 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Simonton Windows: Ellenboro, WV 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 4028-AZ000 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0109 - Norfolk, Va 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0097 - Raleigh, Nc 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0016 - Modesto, Ca 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid-West Roofing Company 29 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.