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

Bell Cow/MSC

Fayetteville, NC · ~42 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bell Cow/MSC runs at 509% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Bell Cow/MSC: 14.2 TCR = 509% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bell Cow/MSC safety composite

Bell Cow/MSC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

F

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 18.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

Bell Cow/MSC: 11.9 → 18.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 20.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.29× in 2024

Bell Cow/MSC's TCR rose 6.5 from 11.9 in 2021 to 18.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 20.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Fayetteville, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.2 · 509% of ind

  • DART 18.4 DART
  • RANK #205/212
  • PHOTO Air Solutions
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Air Solutions (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bell Cow/MSC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bell Cow/MSC averages 14.2 TCR (509% 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

Bell Cow/MSC TCR series: 2021=11.9 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=20 · 2024=18.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Bell Cow/MSC falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #205 safest of 212 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in North Carolina.

Bell Cow/MSC (42 employees, TCR 14.2) 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 Bell Cow/MSC
Bell Cow/MSC (42 employees, TCR 14.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Bell Cow/MSC 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 18.4 18.4 5 0 0
2023 20.0 15.0 4 0 0
2022 6.6 3.3 2 0 0
2021 11.9 11.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NC · Fayetteville

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 317 employers in Fayetteville, NC · 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 Air Solutions 14.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alliance Mechanical NH 14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR LKMA, LLC D/B/A Ideal Services Company 14.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Silver Tree Plumbing and Heating LLC. 14.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mount Vernon Hatchery 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE CPI USA NC LLC - Southport 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE ALBEMARLE-WMSTN 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franklin Operations Center 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cape Fear Valley Health System/Cumberland County 5,925 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company - Fayetteville 2,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Cumberland 2,104 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodyear Fayetteville 2,044 FTE
NAT-TCR Cimarron Trailers K LLC 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 303/Waddell 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR COW001 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR The Center at Eden Hill 14.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amick Farms, LLC MS Feedmill 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Williamston 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richmond Community Schools-Fairview Elementary 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ascension At Home Evansville 42 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.