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

Controlled Air Inc

Branford, CT · ~106 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Controlled Air Inc runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Controlled Air Inc: 3.3 TCR = 118% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Controlled Air Inc safety composite

Controlled Air Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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 3.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−0.9

2021→2024

Controlled Air Inc injury rate improved

Controlled Air Inc's TCR fell 0.9 from 3.6 in 2021 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.6 · 2022=3.6 · 2024=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Branford, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 118% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #24/54
  • PHOTO Johansen Mechanical,…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~106 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Johansen Mechanical, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Controlled Air Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Controlled Air Inc averages 3.3 TCR (118% 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

Controlled Air Inc TCR series: 2021=3.6 · 2022=3.6 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Controlled Air Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 54 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Connecticut.

Controlled Air Inc (106 employees, TCR 3.3) 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 Controlled Air Inc
Controlled Air Inc (106 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Controlled Air Inc has more employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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 2.7 2.7 3 0 0
2022 3.6 2.7 4 0 0
2021 3.6 3.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CT · Branford

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 75 employers in Branford, CT · 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 Johansen Mechanical, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR P&R Plumbing and Heating 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tenant Mechanical Inc 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Horton Mechanical Contractors, Inc. 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Massconn Distributors CPL, Inc 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dur-A-Flex 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE IDEX Health & Science 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE Restrictor Group 106 FTE
CITY-NEAR Branford Public Schools 577 FTE
CITY-NEAR Branford High School 244 FTE
CITY-NEAR CSC Enterprises, Incorporated d/b/a 221 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Connecticut Hospice 212 FTE
NAT-TCR The Harper Company 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Toms of Maine 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 094 - Palm Beach Fl 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mooresville, NC 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Massillon OH 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Texarkana TX 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Skyline Dairy LLC 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Highlands Ranch 106 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, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.