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

Buzzell Plumbing Heating and AC Inc

Warner Robins, GA · ~73 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buzzell Plumbing Heating and AC Inc runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Buzzell Plumbing Heating and AC Inc: 4.6 TCR = 165% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buzzell Plumbing Heating and AC Inc safety composite

Buzzell Plumbing Heating and AC Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

Buzzell Plumbing Heating and AC Inc: 0.0 → 9.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 9.2 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2018

Buzzell Plumbing Heating and AC Inc's TCR rose 9.2 from 0.0 in 2016 to 9.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Warner Robins, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 165% of ind

  • DART 9.2 DART
  • RANK #88/123
  • PHOTO Brower Mechanical CA…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brower Mechanical CA LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Buzzell Plumbing Heating and AC Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buzzell Plumbing Heating and AC Inc averages 4.6 TCR (165% 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

Buzzell Plumbing Heating and AC Inc TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=9.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Buzzell Plumbing Heating and AC Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #88 safest of 123 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Georgia.

Buzzell Plumbing Heating and AC Inc (73 employees, TCR 4.6) 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 Buzzell Plumbing Heating and AC Inc
Buzzell Plumbing Heating and AC Inc (73 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Buzzell Plumbing Heating and AC 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
2018 9.2 9.2 4 1 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · GA · Warner Robins

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 68 employers in Warner Robins, GA · 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 Brower Mechanical CA LLC 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR R.H. Lapp & Sons, Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Meadows Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wilmette, IL 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Blairsville 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cairo Research 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Olam Peanut Shelling Co. Rochelle 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Herring Farms, Inc. 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR NGTS-D612 483 FTE
CITY-NEAR NGDS-D612 478 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1367 390 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1367 387 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Rapids Center (Mibgr) 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR # 1 Cochran Subaru of Butler County 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CareServe Private Duty 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Atrium Post Acute Care of Menominee 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Allstate Power Vac Inc. - Brooklyn Service Center 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Recovery Unplugged Austin LLC 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Country Meadows Nursing and Rehab LLC 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Choices Are For Everyone 73 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.