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

TX Austin Kramer Lane

Austin, TX · ~66 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TX Austin Kramer Lane runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

TX Austin Kramer Lane: 1.7 TCR = 61% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TX Austin Kramer Lane safety composite

TX Austin Kramer Lane scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

TX Austin Kramer Lane held a steady TCR band

TX Austin Kramer Lane's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.8 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.8 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Austin, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 61% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #158/408
  • PHOTO John's Service & Sales
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: John's Service & Sales (0.0 TCR gap)

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TX Austin Kramer Lane in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TX Austin Kramer Lane averages 1.7 TCR (61% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

TX Austin Kramer Lane TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=2.2 · BLS 2.8

Where TX Austin Kramer Lane falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #158 safest of 408 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Texas.

TX Austin Kramer Lane (66 employees, TCR 1.7) 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 TX Austin Kramer Lane
TX Austin Kramer Lane (66 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

TX Austin Kramer Lane has more employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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 2.2 0.0 2 0 0
2022 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2019 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2018 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2017 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2016 1.8 1.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · TX · Austin

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,645 employers in Austin, TX · 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 John's Service & Sales 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Samsung, Taylor, TX 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bolster-DeHart Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Randal Lowe Plumbing LLC 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Stratford Feedyard 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Klesel 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE BP&L INDUSTRIES ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Chemical Company 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ensign Services 11,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas 8,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin 6,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST 5,272 FTE
NAT-TCR Sterling Manufacturing Co 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Posillico Civil 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR BT Pensacola 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Tec 99 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE BT St. Louis 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE CMG-Nationwide 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE BT Auburndale 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE ARC Industries East 66 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.