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

Air Controls - Billings, Inc.

Billings, MT · ~85 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Air Controls - Billings, Inc. runs at 282% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Air Controls - Billings, Inc.: 7.9 TCR = 282% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Air Controls - Billings, Inc. safety composite

Air Controls - Billings, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−3.7

2021→2023

Air Controls - Billings, Inc. injury rate improved

Air Controls - Billings, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.7 from 9.8 in 2021 to 6.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=9.8 · 2023=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Billings, MT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 282% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #13/20
  • PHOTO Glenwood Springs
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Glenwood Springs (0.0 TCR gap)

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Air Controls - Billings, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Air Controls - Billings, Inc. averages 7.9 TCR (282% 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

Air Controls - Billings, Inc. TCR series: 2021=9.8 · 2023=6 · BLS 2.8

Where Air Controls - Billings, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Montana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 20 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Montana.

Air Controls - Billings, Inc. (85 employees, TCR 7.9) 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 Air Controls - Billings, Inc.
Air Controls - Billings, Inc. (85 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Air Controls - Billings, Inc. has more employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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
2023 6.0 1.0 6 0 0
2021 9.8 0.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MT · Billings

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 327 employers in Billings, MT · 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 Glenwood Springs 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S&S Mechanical LLC 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lakeville 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Air Force One, Inc. (Southwest Region) 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bozeman Service Center 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE ABS-0030-0030-00038 FAC-00038-BILLINGS-MT 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1265 - Billings 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE 290774-BILLINGS PO 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Billings Clinic Hospital 2,366 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Vincent Healthcare 1,860 FTE
CITY-NEAR Billings Clinic Downtown Campus 1,223 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. John's Lutheran Ministries 651 FTE
NAT-TCR Homewood at Hanover PA, Inc. 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Wolverine Worldwide - Distribution Center 52 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Longview, Tx #00061 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mt. Vernon Health Care 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE CORE Construction Services, LLC 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Friends Health Care Association 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Villa Rosa Nursing and Rehab Center 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dexter Retail Services, Inc. 85 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, 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.