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

Area Heating and Cooling, Inc.

Name: Area Heating and Cooling, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Vancouver, WA · ~62 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Area Heating and Cooling, Inc. runs at 232% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Area Heating and Cooling, Inc.: 6.5 TCR = 232% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Area Heating and Cooling, Inc. safety composite

Area Heating and Cooling, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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 6.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−1.5

2020→2024

Area Heating and Cooling, Inc. injury rate improved

Area Heating and Cooling, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.5 from 7.3 in 2020 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.3 · 2024=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Vancouver, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 232% of ind

DART 5.7 DART
RANK #91/145
PHOTO Airtech Thermex LLC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Airtech Thermex LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.5

What this shows Area Heating and Cooling, Inc. averages 6.5 TCR (232% of the Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS benchmark).

Area Heating and Cooling, Inc. TCR series: 2020=7.3 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Area Heating and Cooling, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #91 safest of 145 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Washington.

Area Heating and Cooling, Inc. (62 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Area Heating and Cooling, 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
2024	5.7	5.7	3	0	0
2020	7.3	5.4	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · WA · Vancouver

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 · 490 employers in Vancouver, WA · 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	Airtech Thermex LLC	NEW HOPE, MN	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MILLARD SPRINKLER INC	OMAHA, NE	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RRSC Minneapolis/St. Paul Market	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	A&D Spokane	SPOKANE, WA	6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Warren Morgan Orchards	QUINCY	62 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lewis County PUD - Main Office	CHEHALIS	62 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Unimark Construction Group, LLC	SEATTLE	62 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Franklin PUD - Office	PASCO	62 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hawthorn Senior Living	Vancouver	3,847 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Southwest Medical Center Main Campus	Vancouver	3,464 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6994-PL600	Vancouver	1,970 FTE
CITY-NEAR	600	Vancouver	1,922 FTE
NAT-TCR	10352 Pompano Beach	Pompano Beach, FL	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	10012 Hadley	Hadley, MA	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Vox Fulfillment	Provo, UT	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Eisenman	Boise, ID	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Portland Waterfront	Portland, OR	62 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rolla Presbyterian Manor	Rolla, MO	62 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fort Worth - 1006 Railhead DriveFort Worth	Fort Worth, TX	62 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Avanti Senior Living in Covington	Covington, LA	62 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, 2020. 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.