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

Epperson Inc.

Somerset, KY · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Epperson Inc. runs at 539% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Epperson Inc.: 15.1 TCR = 539% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Epperson Inc. safety composite

Epperson Inc. 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 15.1 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

−7.9

2017→2018

Epperson Inc. injury rate improved

Epperson Inc.'s TCR fell 7.9 from 19.1 in 2017 to 11.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 19.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=19.1 · 2018=11.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Somerset, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.1 · 539% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #76/79
  • PHOTO Western Commercial S…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Western Commercial Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Epperson Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Epperson Inc. averages 15.1 TCR (539% 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

Epperson Inc. TCR series: 2017=19.1 · 2018=11.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Epperson Inc. 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 Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #76 safest of 79 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Kentucky.

Epperson Inc. (29 employees, TCR 15.1) 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 Epperson Inc.
Epperson Inc. (29 employees, TCR 15.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Epperson Inc. 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
2018 11.1 0.0 3 0 0
2017 19.1 11.4 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · KY · Somerset

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 88 employers in Somerset, KY · 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 Western Commercial Services 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Genz-Ryan Plumbing and Heating 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DASH Heating & Cooling 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gold Medal - South 15.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Unlimited Contract Services Bremen 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Robards Hatchery 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Covington Service Center 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Joint Sewer Agency 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital 1,346 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toyotetsu America, Inc. 1,099 FTE
CITY-NEAR Somerset 510 FTE
CITY-NEAR 689 458 FTE
NAT-TCR Blue Ridge in Georgetown LLC 15.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dorian Place 15.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0029-0029-02655 15.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Commercial Services 15.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Linde - Kittery 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Linde - Catano, PR 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Linde- Brandon 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edison Parkfast #100 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.

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

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