Mechanical contractors · California

Thermal Mechanical, INC.

Santa Clara, CA · ~76 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thermal Mechanical, INC. runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Thermal Mechanical, INC.: 5.3 TCR = 189% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thermal Mechanical, INC. safety composite

Thermal Mechanical, INC. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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 Mechanical, INC.: 4.9 → 5.5 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 11.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.7× in 2024

Thermal Mechanical, INC.'s TCR rose 0.6 from 4.9 in 2018 to 5.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Santa Clara, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 189% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #376/594
  • PHOTO KESSLER HEATING & CO…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KESSLER HEATING & COOLING (0.0 TCR gap)

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Thermal Mechanical, INC. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Thermal Mechanical, INC. averages 5.3 TCR (189% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Thermal Mechanical, INC. TCR series: 2018=4.9 · 2019=4.2 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=11.3 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Thermal Mechanical, INC. falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #376 safest of 594 Mechanical contractors employers in California.

Thermal Mechanical, INC. (76 employees, TCR 5.3) 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 Thermal Mechanical, INC.
Thermal Mechanical, INC. (76 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Thermal Mechanical, INC. has more employees than the Mechanical contractors 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 5.5 3.7 3 0 0
2023 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2022 11.3 8.5 8 0 0
2021 4.2 1.4 3 0 0
2019 4.2 1.4 3 0 0
2018 4.9 1.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Santa Clara

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 332 employers in Santa Clara, CA · 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 KESSLER HEATING & COOLING 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crystal Heating, Plumbing, & Excavating 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 14107 Bandera Rd Helotes Texas 78023 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mark Hurm & Company LLC 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE CAL-O ADMINISTRATION 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3181_6797 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE J&J Labor,Inc. 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fujishige Farms, Inc. 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mission Campus 6,222 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pure Storage 5,595 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-02120751 3,887 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0206-02620751 3,154 FTE
NAT-TCR Baca Valley Telephone Co. & Sierra Communications Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 383 SW Arrowhead Terrace Lake City Fl 32024 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brainerd Mn 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Beloit 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Greenville 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE AmesburyTruth - Cannon Falls 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reunion Court of Kingwood 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trenton, Il Hexacomb 76 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.