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

SSM Industries, Inc

Pittsburgh, PA · ~404 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SSM Industries, Inc runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

SSM Industries, Inc: 1.0 TCR = 37% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SSM Industries, Inc safety composite

SSM Industries, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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%).

SSM Industries, Inc held a steady TCR band

SSM Industries, Inc's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.9 in 2017 to 0.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.9 · 2018=1.3 · 2020=1.0 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Pittsburgh, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 37% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #29/268
  • PHOTO Sauer Mechanical, LL…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~404 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sauer Mechanical, LLC Aero (0.0 TCR gap)

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SSM Industries, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SSM Industries, Inc averages 1.0 TCR (37% 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

SSM Industries, Inc TCR series: 2017=0.9 · 2018=1.3 · 2020=1 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=0.8 · BLS 2.8

Where SSM Industries, Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 268 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Pennsylvania.

SSM Industries, Inc (404 employees, TCR 1.0) 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate SSM Industries, Inc
SSM Industries, Inc (404 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

SSM Industries, Inc has more 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 0.8 0.5 3 0 0
2022 1.2 0.2 5 0 0
2020 1.0 0.8 5 0 0
2018 1.3 0.8 5 0 0
2017 0.9 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · PA · Pittsburgh

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,170 employers in Pittsburgh, PA · 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 Sauer Mechanical, LLC Aero 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lozano Plumbing Services, Inc. dba: Plumbing Master 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arizona Fire Protection, Inc 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Endur Contractors, LLC 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Children's Seashore House 404 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sight & Sound Theatres 404 FTE
STATE-SIZE Omni William Penn Hotel 404 FTE
STATE-SIZE National Beef Case Ready Hummels Wharf 403 FTE
CITY-NEAR United States Steel COrporation 15,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh- Oakland 14,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (PUH) 13,900 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh-Oakland 13,208 FTE
NAT-TCR 120-NBH-ATLANTA 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Engineered Materials : Lynchburg 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Market Basket #19 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Market Basket #78 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Northern Region : Meu 404 FTE
NAT-SIZE Triton Construction, Inc. 404 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mannix Family Market @ Hylan Boulevard LLC 404 FTE
NAT-SIZE Monogram Gourmet Foods, LLC - 330 404 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, 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.