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

Brister Stephens Inc ( Kenner )

Kenner, LA · ~26 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Brister Stephens Inc ( Kenner ) runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Brister Stephens Inc ( Kenner ): 4.0 TCR = 143% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brister Stephens Inc ( Kenner ) safety composite

Brister Stephens Inc ( Kenner ) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−9.7

2018→2023

Brister Stephens Inc ( Kenner ) injury rate improved

Brister Stephens Inc ( Kenner )'s TCR fell 9.7 from 9.7 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=9.7 · 2019=10.3 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Kenner, LA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 143% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #54/61
  • PHOTO Hauck Bros Inc
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hauck Bros Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Brister Stephens Inc ( Kenner ) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Brister Stephens Inc ( Kenner ) averages 4.0 TCR (143% 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

Brister Stephens Inc ( Kenner ) TCR series: 2018=9.7 · 2019=10.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=4 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Brister Stephens Inc ( Kenner ) falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 61 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Louisiana.

Brister Stephens Inc ( Kenner ) (26 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 Brister Stephens Inc ( Kenner )
Brister Stephens Inc ( Kenner ) (26 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Brister Stephens Inc ( Kenner ) 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 10.3 10.3 3 0 0
2018 9.7 3.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · LA · Kenner

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 93 employers in Kenner, LA · 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 Hauck Bros Inc 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heflin Industries, Inc 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR FRANZESE PLUMBING INC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPP Mechanical Inc. 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Unlimtied Contract Services Pine Grove 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Entergy Jonesboro 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shreveport Milam Building RE55 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Total Environment Solutions - Duson 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chateau Living Center of Kenner, LLC 4,304 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner 990 FTE
CITY-NEAR MSYCX0745 MSY - UPS 643 FTE
CITY-NEAR Treasure Chest Casino 500 FTE
NAT-TCR Harleysville Branch of the North Penn YMCA 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pretium Packaging - St. Charles (Olcott Plastics) 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sun Pacific Shippers LP | Richgorve Cold Storage 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Binswanger Glass Branch 143 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE McCoys Building Supply - Pasadena 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ryder Doraville 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bruns & McDonald, Inc. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wabash Ligonier 26 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, 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.