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

Vital Mechanical Inc

Renton, WA · ~56 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vital Mechanical Inc runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Vital Mechanical Inc: 1.2 TCR = 41% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vital Mechanical Inc safety composite

Vital Mechanical Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

Vital Mechanical Inc: 0.0 → 1.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 1.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.49× in 2024

Vital Mechanical Inc's TCR rose 1.7 from 0.0 in 2021 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Renton, WA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 41% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #13/145
  • PHOTO 129005 - CFS Job Co…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 129005 - CFS Job Cost Quad Cities (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vital Mechanical Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vital Mechanical Inc averages 1.2 TCR (41% 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

Vital Mechanical Inc TCR series: 2021=0 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Vital Mechanical Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 145 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Washington.

Vital Mechanical Inc (56 employees, TCR 1.2) 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 Vital Mechanical Inc
Vital Mechanical Inc (56 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Vital Mechanical Inc has fewer employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2023 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · WA · Renton

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 151 employers in Renton, WA · 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 129005 - CFS Job Cost Quad Cities 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR John Darr Mechanical 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Mechanical, Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR NTD Mechanical 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Norm Nelson, Inc. 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Soli Organic Inc. - Washington 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yakima Chief Ranches 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Admin Building 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR WA016 12,418 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwest Center 994 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DSE5 794 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Renton 681 FTE
NAT-TCR Aircorps - Restoration 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Milroy optical 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 79 Wright Brothers Avenue Livermore, CA 94551 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 315 - Bad Axe 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sparks Readymix 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE FFF Enterprises Inc 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bensenville 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rickenbacker 56 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.