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

Tioga Downs

Nichols, NY · ~201 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tioga Downs runs at 292% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Tioga Downs: 8.2 TCR = 292% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tioga Downs safety composite

Tioga Downs scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

Tioga Downs: 3.7 → 12.7 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 12.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.55× in 2017

Tioga Downs's TCR rose 9.0 from 3.7 in 2016 to 12.7 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Nichols, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 292% of ind

  • DART 12.7 DART
  • RANK #261/297
  • PHOTO Johns plumbing
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~201 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Johns plumbing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tioga Downs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tioga Downs averages 8.2 TCR (292% 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

Tioga Downs TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=12.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Tioga Downs falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #261 safest of 297 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in New York.

Tioga Downs (201 employees, TCR 8.2) 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 Tioga Downs
Tioga Downs (201 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Tioga Downs has more employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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
2017 12.7 12.7 2 0 0
2016 3.7 2.9 9 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NY · Nichols

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 8 employers in Nichols, NY · 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 Johns plumbing 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Headquarters 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bonfitto Inc. Main Office 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR RotoCo - Vista 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE International Chimney Corporation 201 FTE
STATE-SIZE ECD 201 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fairport Site 201 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nordon Inc. 201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tioga Downs Racetrack LLC 562 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crown Cork & Seal - Nichols Plants 254 FTE
CITY-NEAR 982781 254 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Racing & Entertainment, LLC. 47 FTE
NAT-TCR 147ClintonRoadWC 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Brockton (Mabro) 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ripley Entertainment - Myrtle Beach, SC 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR FDD SOCAL South - COI South - DTI 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE US - Supply Chain : 0934 201 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alvin Autoworld BDA Ron Carter Ford Inc 201 FTE
NAT-SIZE OMI Environmental Solutions 201 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heritage Health - Normal 201 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.