Plumbing and heating contractors · Kentucky

Ernie Davis & Sons Mechanical, Inc.

Name: Ernie Davis & Sons Mechanical, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Owensboro, KY · ~88 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.1
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ernie Davis & Sons Mechanical, Inc. runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Ernie Davis & Sons Mechanical, Inc.: 4.1 TCR = 148% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ernie Davis & Sons Mechanical, Inc. safety composite

Ernie Davis & Sons Mechanical, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ernie Davis & Sons Mechanical, Inc.: 0.0 → 8.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 8.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.33× in 2018

Ernie Davis & Sons Mechanical, Inc.'s TCR rose 8.3 from 0.0 in 2017 to 8.3 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 148% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #55/79
PHOTO A/C Technical Servic…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: A/C Technical Services, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Ernie Davis & Sons Mechanical, Inc. averages 4.1 TCR (148% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

Ernie Davis & Sons Mechanical, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=8.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Ernie Davis & Sons Mechanical, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 79 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Kentucky.

Ernie Davis & Sons Mechanical, Inc. (88 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Ernie Davis & Sons Mechanical, Inc. has more employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors 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	8.3	1.4	5	1	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · KY · Owensboro

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 184 employers in Owensboro, KY · 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	A/C Technical Services, LLC	CASTROVILLE, TX	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Malone's Mechanical Inc.	VAN BUREN, AR	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Proteus, Inc. Visalia Service Center	VISALIA, CA	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Stouffer Mechanical Contractor	CHAMBERSBURG, PA	4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ranger Steel Inc.	MAYSVILLE	88 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hill's Electric, LLC	FRANKFORT	88 FTE
STATE-SIZE	USA KY Louisville Bluegrass	LOUISVILLE	88 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tarter Gate Wood Products	DUNNVILLE	88 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Owensboro Health Regional Hospital	Owensboro	2,305 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Owensboro Public Schools	Owensboro	969 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Owensboro Independent	Owensboro	903 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Swedish Match	Owensboro	816 FTE
NAT-TCR	Murphy Electric Inc	L:as Vegas, NV	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shopko Store #134 (Pullman, WA)	Pullman, WA	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	39DA/59/4E/DN	North Canton, OH	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Primetals Technologies Worcester	Worcester, MA	4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hope Healthcare Center	Westland, MI	88 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pheasant Wood	Peterborough, NH	88 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Metropolitan Detroit Area Hospital Services	Detroit, MI	88 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LENTEX	No. Walpole,, NH	88 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.