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

DC Cheek Heating and Cooling

Cumming, GA · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DC Cheek Heating and Cooling runs at 519% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

DC Cheek Heating and Cooling: 14.5 TCR = 519% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DC Cheek Heating and Cooling safety composite

DC Cheek Heating and Cooling scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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%).

TCR Δ

−29.1

2020→2021

DC Cheek Heating and Cooling injury rate improved

DC Cheek Heating and Cooling's TCR fell 29.1 from 29.1 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 29.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=29.1 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Cumming, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.5 · 519% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #121/123
  • PHOTO Fireside Sumner
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fireside Sumner (0.0 TCR gap)

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DC Cheek Heating and Cooling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DC Cheek Heating and Cooling averages 14.5 TCR (519% 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

DC Cheek Heating and Cooling TCR series: 2020=29.1 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.8

Where DC Cheek Heating and Cooling falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 3% 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 #121 safest of 123 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Georgia.

DC Cheek Heating and Cooling (28 employees, TCR 14.5) 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 DC Cheek Heating and Cooling
DC Cheek Heating and Cooling (28 employees, TCR 14.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

DC Cheek Heating and Cooling has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 29.1 3.6 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · GA · Cumming

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 139 employers in Cumming, 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 Fireside Sumner 14.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NH Ross Inc 14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phoenix Peach, LLC - Phoenix 14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR AJAC Inc, George Brazil Plumbing and Electrical 14.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Unlimited Contract Services Blackshear AEP 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unlimited Contract Services - Waelder, TX 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Georgia Forest Products, Inc 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northside Forsyth 4,043 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northside Hospital Forsyth 3,354 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cumming Plant 1,173 FTE
CITY-NEAR Koch Foods-Cumming 1,138 FTE
NAT-TCR 204 - Shawnee Retail Store 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Regency Sun Terrace Hermiston 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Catawba Hospital 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Amzl : Dsd2 14.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Asphalt Products Oil Corp 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hassett Hardware Redwood City 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Skokie Courthouse 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maywood Courthouse 28 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.