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

Dale's Heating and Air, Inc.

Name: Dale's Heating and Air, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Ooltewah, TN · ~21 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.1
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dale's Heating and Air, Inc. runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Dale's Heating and Air, Inc.: 2.1 TCR = 77% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dale's Heating and Air, Inc. safety composite

Dale's Heating and Air, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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%).

Dale's Heating and Air, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Dale's Heating and Air, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.0 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Ooltewah, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 77% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #42/117
PHOTO TWC Services, Inc.
BOOK 4y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TWC Services, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Dale's Heating and Air, Inc. averages 2.1 TCR (77% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

Dale's Heating and Air, Inc. TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Dale's Heating and Air, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 117 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Tennessee.

Dale's Heating and Air, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Dale's Heating and Air, Inc. has fewer employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	8.6	4.3	2
2020	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · TN · Ooltewah

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 39 employers in Ooltewah, TN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	TWC Services, Inc.	DES MOINES, IA	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bear Industries, Inc	NEWARK, DE	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TMS, Inc.	KANSAS CITY, KS	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Stephens Plumbing, Inc.	BIRMINGHAM, AL	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	SOUTH TEXAS FARM	KINGSVILLE	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Greenpoint Ag- Gin & Warehouse	COVINGTON	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Johnson Pest Control, Inc.	SEVIERVILLE	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Obion County Growout	UNION CITY	21 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Physical Therapy Collegedale	Ooltewah	6,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Miller Industries Towing Equipment, Inc.	Ooltewah	802 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Miller Industries	Ooltewah	649 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6458-ZECH	Ooltewah	453 FTE
NAT-TCR	Detroit	Novi, MI	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ernest-Spencer Custom Coatings	Ottawa, KS	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lowell Area School *	Lowell, MI	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	PC Plant	Livingston, CA	2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Montgomery Store #1202	Montgomery, AL	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Village of Downs	Downs, IL	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	R A Webber & Sons, Inc.	Harpswell, ME	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hartford	East Hartford, CT	21 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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