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

Birkhead Heating & Air Conditioning Co Inc

Louisville, KY · ~30 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Birkhead Heating & Air Conditioning Co Inc runs at 268% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Birkhead Heating & Air Conditioning Co Inc: 7.5 TCR = 268% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Birkhead Heating & Air Conditioning Co Inc safety composite

Birkhead Heating & Air Conditioning Co Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−4.4

2018→2024

Birkhead Heating & Air Conditioning Co Inc injury rate improved

Birkhead Heating & Air Conditioning Co Inc's TCR fell 4.4 from 7.2 in 2018 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.2 · 2019=9.5 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=13.6 · 2023=13.0 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 268% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #67/79
  • PHOTO Vancouver Branch
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vancouver Branch (0.0 TCR gap)

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Birkhead Heating & Air Conditioning Co Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Birkhead Heating & Air Conditioning Co Inc averages 7.5 TCR (268% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Birkhead Heating & Air Conditioning Co Inc TCR series: 2018=7.2 · 2019=9.5 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=13.6 · 2023=13 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Birkhead Heating & Air Conditioning Co Inc falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #67 safest of 79 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Kentucky.

Birkhead Heating & Air Conditioning Co Inc (30 employees, TCR 7.5) 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 Birkhead Heating & Air Conditioning Co Inc
Birkhead Heating & Air Conditioning Co Inc (30 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Birkhead Heating & Air Conditioning Co 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2023 13.0 13.0 4 0 0
2022 13.6 0.0 4 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.5 0.0 2 0 0
2019 9.5 0.0 3 0 0
2018 7.2 7.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · KY · Louisville

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, KY · 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 Vancouver Branch 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rodriguez Plumbing Contractors, Inc. 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Environmental Systems, Inc 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 515 N ENGLISH STATION RD 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Davis Brothers Farms 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Homestead Family Farms 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hwy 60 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE LGE-KU Magnolia Compressor Station 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson County Public Schools 18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYGRA - WORLDPORT 11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR WORLDPORT (KYGRA) 9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR KTKY TRUCK 8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR VAB004 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Publick House 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Gurnee Mills 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Indy Brook Sales Branch 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Colgate 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Assisted Living 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 02-Springville 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 10-Brockport 30 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.