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

Edwards McDowell Inc

Name: Edwards McDowell Inc Workplace Safety Data
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North Kansas City, MO · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.7
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Edwards McDowell Inc runs at 274% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Edwards McDowell Inc: 7.7 TCR = 274% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Edwards McDowell Inc safety composite

Edwards McDowell Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−1.2

2017→2018

Edwards McDowell Inc injury rate improved

Edwards McDowell Inc's TCR fell 1.2 from 8.3 in 2017 to 7.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.3 · 2018=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · North Kansas City, MO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 274% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #76/90
PHOTO RRSC Boston South
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RRSC Boston South (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Edwards McDowell Inc averages 7.7 TCR (274% of the Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS benchmark).

Edwards McDowell Inc TCR series: 2017=8.3 · 2018=7 · BLS 2.8

Where Edwards McDowell Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #76 safest of 90 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Missouri.

Edwards McDowell Inc (29 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Edwards McDowell Inc has fewer employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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
2018	7.0	0.0	2	0	0
2017	8.3	4.1	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MO · North Kansas City

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 113 employers in North Kansas City, MO · 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	RRSC Boston South	STOUGHTON, MA	7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rhymes Heating and Cooling	ST. LOUIS, MO	7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	A-1 Mechanical of MI, LLC	LANSING, MI	7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Air Comfort Inc.	FORT COLLINS, CO	7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Timberview Pullets	NEOSHO	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cotton Gin	SENATH	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ralls County Electric Cooperative	NEW LONDON MO	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	068 - Franklin District	UNION	29 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Garney Holding Company	North Kansas City	1,890 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Harrah's Kansas City	North Kansas City	747 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PrimeTech International	North Kansas City	405 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NorthCare Hospice House	North Kansas City	266 FTE
NAT-TCR	0595 - Winchester, Va	Winchester, VA	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Elkhart (Inelk)	Elkhart, IN	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	J.T. Wein, Inc.	Opelousas, LA	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Norristown PA Depot	Norristown, PA	7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	0109 - Norfolk, Va	Norfolk, VA	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0097 - Raleigh, Nc	Raleigh, NC	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0016 - Modesto, Ca	Modesto, CA	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mid-West Roofing Company	Mason City, IA	29 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: 2018, 2017. 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.