HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors · Washington
Sunset Air
Lacey, WA · ~148 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sunset Air runs at 256% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.
Sunset Air: 7.2 TCR = 256% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sunset Air safety composite
Sunset Air scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).
31/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.9 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% 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
Sunset Air: 4.5 → 5.1 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 11.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.41× in 2024
Sunset Air's TCR rose 0.6 from 4.5 in 2020 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238220 · Lacey, WA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 256% of ind
- DART 2.9 DART
- RANK #99/145
- PHOTO Cool Wind Ventilatio…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 29 inj
- SIZE ~148 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cool Wind Ventilation Corp (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sunset Air in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sunset Air
7.2 TCR
- Cool Wind Vent
Cool Wind Ventilation Corp
7.2 TCR
- ARC Mechanical
ARC Mechanical Contractors
7.2 TCR
- CENTRAL PLUMBI
CENTRAL PLUMBING & HEATING, INC - Great Falls Division
7.2 TCR
- Eyman Plumbing
Eyman Plumbing, Heating & Air
7.2 TCR
What this shows Sunset Air averages 7.2 TCR (256% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).
Sunset Air TCR series: 2020=4.5 · 2021=11.9 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 2.8
Where Sunset Air falls in its industry
5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #99 safest of 145 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Washington.
Sunset Air has more employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238220 · WA · Lacey
5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 105 employers in Lacey, WA · 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 | Cool Wind Ventilation Corp | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ARC Mechanical Contractors | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CENTRAL PLUMBING & HEATING, INC - Great Falls Division | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Eyman Plumbing, Heating & Air | 7.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Benton Public Utility District No. 1 | 148 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Andgar Corporation - Washington | 148 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Inland Empire Paper Company | 148 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Foss Maritime Company LLC - Shipyard | 148 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Department of Ecology | 1,688 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Headquarters | 980 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Olympic Region WSDOT | 701 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - OLM1 | 679 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hospital Auxilio Mutuo | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | W Nashville | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Desert Water Agency | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Badger Sheet Metal Works | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 2001 Coborn's Sauk Rapids | 148 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | El Paso, Tx | 148 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Berry Global | 148 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Unirac Inc | 148 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.