HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors · California

Thermal-Cool, Inc.

Name: Thermal-Cool, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Riverside, CA · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 13.8
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Thermal-Cool, Inc. runs at 491% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Thermal-Cool, Inc.: 13.8 TCR = 491% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thermal-Cool, Inc. safety composite

Thermal-Cool, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 13.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers
DART rate: F 17.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

Thermal-Cool, Inc.: 9.8 → 17.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 17.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.29× in 2023

Thermal-Cool, Inc.'s TCR rose 8.0 from 9.8 in 2022 to 17.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Riverside, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.8 · 491% of ind

DART 17.7 DART
RANK #558/594
PHOTO 8383_19790
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 8383_19790 (0.0 TCR gap)

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8383_19790

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Arnett Heating

13.8
JSTA, LLC D/B/

13.7

What this shows Thermal-Cool, Inc. averages 13.8 TCR (491% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

Thermal-Cool, Inc. TCR series: 2022=9.8 · 2023=17.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Thermal-Cool, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #558 safest of 594 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in California.

Thermal-Cool, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 13.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Thermal-Cool, Inc. has fewer 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
2023	17.7	17.7	3	0	0
2022	9.8	9.8	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Riverside

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 536 employers in Riverside, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	8383_19790	IOWA CITY, IA	13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Poole's Plumbing Inc.	GARNER, NC	13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	JSTA, LLC D/B/A Jackson & Sons	DUDLEY, NC	13.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Arnett Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.	ST. AUGUSTINE, FL	13.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Conservation Farms Ranches	THORNTON	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GM Ag Services, Inc.	STOCKTON	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Farm Shop	EL MACERO	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dougherty Brothers	WOODLAND	25 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UC Riverside	Riverside	8,676 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CA-21	Riverside	4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Riverside Community Hospital	Riverside	2,354 FTE
CITY-NEAR	08681351 RIVERSIDE MED CENTER	Riverside	2,349 FTE
NAT-TCR	Store 0502	Knightdale, NC	13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Modern Industries, Inc. 533	Erie, PA	13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Miller's Merry Manor - Syracuse	Syracuse, IN	13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rock Supremacy LLC	Bend, OR	13.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	McKay's Market Empire #2	Coos Bay, OR	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Camp Rivercrest	Fremont, NE	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	George D. Boyer & Sons, Inc.	Harrisburg, PA	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Denali National Park Wilderness Centers Limited	Denali National Park, AK	25 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. 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.