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

Ashland Comfort Control, Inc.

Name: Ashland Comfort Control, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Ashland, OH · ~31 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 11.8
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 1
Fatality

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The verdict

Ashland Comfort Control, Inc. runs at 423% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Ashland Comfort Control, Inc.: 11.8 TCR = 423% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ashland Comfort Control, Inc. safety composite

Ashland Comfort Control, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 35% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 11.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 1

Safer than 1% 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

Ashland Comfort Control, Inc.: 0.0 → 2.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 35.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.2× in 2024

Ashland Comfort Control, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 35.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Ashland, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 423% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #298/300
PHOTO J.A. Sauer Co.
BOOK 9y book
INJ 20 inj
SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: J.A. Sauer Co. (0.0 TCR gap)

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ENE OF NH

11.9
DEGREE HVAC, I

11.9
This site

11.8
J.A. Sauer Co.

11.8
JENSEN'S PLUMB

11.8

What this shows Ashland Comfort Control, Inc. averages 11.8 TCR (423% of the Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS benchmark).

Ashland Comfort Control, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=35.4 · 2018=20.2 · 2019=12.2 · 2020=6.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=19.3 · 2023=11 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Ashland Comfort Control, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #298 safest of 300 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Ohio.

Ashland Comfort Control, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Ashland Comfort Control, Inc. has fewer 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	2.4	2.4	1	0	0
2023	11.0	2.8	3	1	1
2022	19.3	0.0	2	0	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2020	6.2	3.1	2	0	0
2019	12.2	9.1	4	0	0
2018	20.2	13.4	3	0	0
2017	35.4	14.2	5	0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · OH · Ashland

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 68 employers in Ashland, OH · 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	J.A. Sauer Co.	PITTSBURGH, PA	11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	JENSEN'S PLUMBING & HEATING LLC.	WOODSTOCK, IL, IL	11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ENE OF NH	BOW, NH	11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DEGREE HVAC, Inc.	SAN CARLOS, CA	11.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Farm	CINCINNATI	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pine Valley Ranch	SPENCERVILLE	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Trillium Farms Layer 5	MT VICTORY	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Trillium Farms Croton Pullet 3	CROTON	31 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ashland University	Ashland	2,668 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Samaritan Medical Center	Ashland	678 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1448	Ashland	421 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1448	Ashland	368 FTE
NAT-TCR	Shepherdsville	Shepherdsville, KY	11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	El Ranchero Inc	Bakersfield, CA	11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Carry Transit - Blair, Ne	Blair, NE	11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kast Farms Inc.	Albion, NY	11.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Br Pig	Baton Rouge, LA	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wheatley Grain Drier	Wheatley, AR	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Plumb Supply Company - Cedar Rapids	Cedar Rapids, IA	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Freightliner of Bridgeport	Swedesboro, NJ	31 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.