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

Central Plumbing, Heating & Excavation

Great Falls, MT · ~141 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Plumbing, Heating & Excavation runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Central Plumbing, Heating & Excavation: 3.9 TCR = 138% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Plumbing, Heating & Excavation safety composite

Central Plumbing, Heating & Excavation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

Central Plumbing, Heating & Excavation: 2.2 → 5.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.54× in 2021

Central Plumbing, Heating & Excavation's TCR rose 3.3 from 2.2 in 2020 to 5.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Great Falls, MT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 138% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #8/20
  • PHOTO Comfort Systems USA …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~141 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Comfort Systems USA Ohio Columbus (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Plumbing, Heating & Excavation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Plumbing, Heating & Excavation averages 3.9 TCR (138% 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

Central Plumbing, Heating & Excavation TCR series: 2020=2.2 · 2021=5.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Central Plumbing, Heating & Excavation falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Montana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 20 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Montana.

Central Plumbing, Heating & Excavation (141 employees, TCR 3.9) 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 Central Plumbing, Heating & Excavation
Central Plumbing, Heating & Excavation (141 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Central Plumbing, Heating & Excavation has more 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
2021 5.5 2.1 8 0 0
2020 2.2 0.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MT · Great Falls

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 121 employers in Great Falls, MT · 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 Comfort Systems USA Ohio Columbus 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bill Howe Heating and Air Conditioning 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3285_7041 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4915_11398 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Temp Right Service Inc 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4054-ABS-0030-0030-04041 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE BSW, Inc. 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Martel Construction, Inc. 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2455 388 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 7199 341 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2455 340 FTE
CITY-NEAR 7199 301 FTE
NAT-TCR Kem Krest - Brighton Bldg B 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR I-74 Viaduct - Moline - 141701 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR National Checking Co. - Lothenbach 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Aldag/Honold Mechanical, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dot's Lenexa 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenwood Meadows 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Westin Jekyll Island 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Franklin 141 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.