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

W.F. Smith, Inc.

Name: W.F. Smith, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Philadelphia, PA · ~33 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.8
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

W.F. Smith, Inc. runs at 244% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

W.F. Smith, Inc.: 6.8 TCR = 244% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

W.F. Smith, Inc. safety composite

W.F. Smith, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

W.F. Smith, Inc.: 3.3 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 11.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.78× in 2019

W.F. Smith, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.0 from 3.3 in 2016 to 5.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Philadelphia, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 244% of ind

DART 5.3 DART
RANK #201/268
PHOTO Biagi Plumbing Corpo…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Biagi Plumbing Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows W.F. Smith, Inc. averages 6.8 TCR (244% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

W.F. Smith, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2018=11.9 · 2019=5.3 · BLS 2.8

Where W.F. Smith, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #201 safest of 268 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Pennsylvania.

W.F. Smith, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

W.F. Smith, Inc. has fewer employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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
2019	5.3	5.3	2
2018	11.9	5.9	4
2016	3.3	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · PA · Philadelphia

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Biagi Plumbing Corporation	GURNEE, IL	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Piper Fire Protection Inc Sarasota	SARASOTA, FL	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PRMS, LLC D/B/A 2nd Wind Heating and Air	COLUMBIA, SC	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rodenhiser Home Services	HOLLISTON, MA	6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Caputo & Guest	KENNETT SQUARE	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Colver Power Project	COLVER	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Oil City	OIL CITY	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Norristown Operations	NORRISTOWN	33 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FIVE BELOW INC	Philadelphia	19,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hospital of University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	13,423 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main Hospital	Philadelphia	9,638 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main Campus	Philadelphia	9,129 FTE
NAT-TCR	Brunson Nichols Construction Co Inc	Andalusia, AL	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Somerwoods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	Somerset, KY	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kenwal Steel Corp	Dearborn, MI	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Sheridan at Cooper City	Cooper City, FL	6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	St. Pierre Manufacturing Corporation, Inc.	Worcester, MA	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wofford College Terrier Grounds Starbucks **	Spartanburg, SC	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Shaker Heights City Schools (Cleveland	Shaker Heights, OH	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Enoplastic USA, Inc	Fairfield, CA	33 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, 2016. 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.