Plumbing and heating contractors · Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · ~24 workers · 2 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

University of Pennsylvania runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

University of Pennsylvania: 1.7 TCR = 62% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

University of Pennsylvania safety composite

University of Pennsylvania 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 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.5

2023→2024

University of Pennsylvania injury rate improved

University of Pennsylvania's TCR fell 3.5 from 3.5 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Philadelphia, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 62% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #52/268
  • PHOTO Metropolitan Mechani…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Metropolitan Mechanical Contractors (0.0 TCR gap)

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University of Pennsylvania in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows University of Pennsylvania averages 1.7 TCR (62% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

University of Pennsylvania TCR series: 2023=3.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where University of Pennsylvania falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 268 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Pennsylvania.

University of Pennsylvania (24 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 University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania (24 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

University of Pennsylvania has fewer employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · PA · Philadelphia

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,431 employers in Philadelphia, PA · 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 Metropolitan Mechanical Contractors 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Western Fire Protection, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bonland Industries, Inc 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thomas G. Gallagher, Inc. 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Avon Heights Mushrooms, Inc. 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waynesburg PA 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Electric Power LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR FIVE BELOW INC 19,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospital of University of Pennsylvania 13,423 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main Hospital 9,638 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main Campus 9,129 FTE
NAT-TCR Power Plumbing 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Poly Vinyl Roofing 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Fresh-Pak LLC 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Great Lakes Facility 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alliance Innovations LLC 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE JNB industries, INC 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Group M 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Home Sweet Home Operations LLC 24 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. 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.