Central heating equipment and piping installation · Alabama
Comfort Systems USA Midsouth
Birmingham, AL · ~305 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Comfort Systems USA Midsouth runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Central heating equipment and piping installation workplace, earning a grade A.
Comfort Systems USA Midsouth: 0.5 TCR = 18% of Central heating equipment and piping installation BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Comfort Systems USA Midsouth safety composite
Comfort Systems USA Midsouth scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).
60/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 96% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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
−0.4
2021→2024
Comfort Systems USA Midsouth injury rate improved
Comfort Systems USA Midsouth's TCR fell 0.4 from 0.9 in 2021 to 0.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 0.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=0.9 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238220 · Birmingham, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 18% of ind
- DART 0.2 DART
- RANK #8/85
- PHOTO Bay To Bay Balancing…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~305 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bay To Bay Balancing, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Comfort Systems USA Midsouth in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Comfort Systems USA Midsouth
0.5 TCR
- Bay To Bay Bal
Bay To Bay Balancing, Inc.
0.5 TCR
- University Mec
University Mechanical
0.5 TCR
- Impact Fire -
Impact Fire - Dallas
0.5 TCR
- Carrier Commer
Carrier Commercial Services (Little Rock)
0.5 TCR
What this shows Comfort Systems USA Midsouth averages 0.5 TCR (18% of the Central heating equipment and piping installation BLS benchmark).
Comfort Systems USA Midsouth TCR series: 2021=0.9 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.5 · BLS 2.8
Where Comfort Systems USA Midsouth falls in its industry
5,793 Central heating equipment and establishmentsSafer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 85 Central heating equipment and employers in Alabama.
Comfort Systems USA Midsouth has more employees than the Central heating equipment and piping ins median and a lower 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 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238220 · AL · Birmingham
5,793 Central heating equipment and piping installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 840 employers in Birmingham, AL · 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 | Bay To Bay Balancing, Inc. | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | University Mechanical | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Impact Fire - Dallas | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Carrier Commercial Services (Little Rock) | 0.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | WF Cabinetry | 305 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Coastal Forest Products - Plywood Operations | 304 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Loxley | 306 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 938 | 304 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | USD | 9,165 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CLASSIC FOODS | 9,165 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate | 8,650 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BIRMINGHAM PACKERS | 8,650 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | City of Fairfax City Hall | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | California Compaction Corporation | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Valley Electrical Contractors Inc. | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TrueVision Systems | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | H.B. Frazer Company | 305 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rand Construction Corporation | 305 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LeFrak Estates LP - NY | 305 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lone Star Bakery Inc. Plant 1 | 305 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.