Solar heating equipment installation · California

Valley Pacific Builders, Inc. dba Pacific Solar

Fresno, CA · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valley Pacific Builders, Inc. dba Pacific Solar runs at 273% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solar heating equipment installation workplace, earning a grade F.

Valley Pacific Builders, Inc. dba Pacific Solar: 7.7 TCR = 273% of Solar heating equipment installation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Pacific Builders, Inc. dba Pacific Solar safety composite

Valley Pacific Builders, Inc. dba Pacific Solar scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−47.8

2018→2019

Valley Pacific Builders, Inc. dba Pacific Solar injury rate improved

Valley Pacific Builders, Inc. dba Pacific Solar's TCR fell 47.8 from 55.4 in 2018 to 7.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 55.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=55.4 · 2019=7.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 273% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #444/594
  • PHOTO Air Comfort Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Air Comfort Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valley Pacific Builders, Inc. dba Pacific Solar in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valley Pacific Builders, Inc. dba Pacific Solar averages 7.7 TCR (273% of the Solar heating equipment installation BLS benchmark).

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

Valley Pacific Builders, Inc. dba Pacific Solar TCR series: 2018=55.4 · 2019=7.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Valley Pacific Builders, Inc. dba Pacific Solar falls in its industry

5,793 Solar heating equipment instal establishments

Safer than 18% 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 #444 safest of 594 Solar heating equipment instal employers in California.

Valley Pacific Builders, Inc. dba Pacific Solar (25 employees, TCR 7.7) 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 Valley Pacific Builders, Inc. dba Pacific Solar
Valley Pacific Builders, Inc. dba Pacific Solar (25 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Valley Pacific Builders, Inc. dba Pacific Solar has fewer employees than the Solar heating equipment installation 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
2019 7.7 0.0 1 0 0
2018 55.4 24.6 4 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Fresno

5,793 Solar heating equipment installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 981 employers in Fresno, 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 Air Comfort Inc. 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Isaac heating and air conditioning Buffalo 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR RRSC Boston South 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edwards McDowell Inc 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conservation Farms Ranches 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE GM Ag Services, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm Shop 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dougherty Brothers 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Fresno 7,553 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ag Force LLC 6,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Regional Medical Ctr 5,549 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Regional Medical Center 4,921 FTE
NAT-TCR Prince Hydraulics Company 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 5700 New Braunfels Lbm 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Melrose Park Plant 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Specialty Quality Packaging 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Faf Iad 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE 7641-Enphg-Holy Family University 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE ORBIS RPM - Statesville 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maintainer Corporation of Iowa Inc. 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: 2019, 2018. 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.