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

Southern Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Inc.

Elkhorn, WI · ~45 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Inc. runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Southern Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Inc.: 2.9 TCR = 102% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Inc. safety composite

Southern Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

Southern Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Inc.: 0.0 → 1.4 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.48× in 2023

Southern Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.4 from 0.0 in 2018 to 1.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Elkhorn, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 102% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #57/154
  • PHOTO HUMPHREY MECHANICAL,…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HUMPHREY MECHANICAL, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Inc. averages 2.9 TCR (102% 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

Southern Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Inc. TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=1.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Southern Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #57 safest of 154 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Wisconsin.

Southern Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Inc. (45 employees, TCR 2.9) 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 Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Inc.
Southern Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Inc. (45 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Southern Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Inc. has fewer employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin median and a lower 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
2023 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2022 4.4 4.4 2 0 0
2021 6.7 2.2 3 0 0
2020 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2019 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · WI · Elkhorn

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 47 employers in Elkhorn, WI · 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 HUMPHREY MECHANICAL, INC. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MBI HVAC Inc 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mechanical Comfort, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blackmon Service, Inc. 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Denmark Dairy LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plover #205 Farms 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Babcock, WI Receiving Station 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elkhorn Area School District 700 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aurora Lakeland Medical Center 505 FTE
CITY-NEAR US Packaging LLC 198 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elkhorn Campus 151 FTE
NAT-TCR Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, LLC 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR San Antonio Branch 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Providential Fabricators Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Metro Plant 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gilco Scaffolding Company LLC 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Collin Creek Assisted Living Center Inc DBA DaySpring Senior Living 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bryant Grain Co. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE FST Logistics - Georgesville 45 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.