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

Fayette Heating and Air

Lexington, KY · ~143 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fayette Heating and Air runs at 481% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Fayette Heating and Air: 13.5 TCR = 481% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fayette Heating and Air safety composite

Fayette Heating and Air scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−10.5

2021→2022

Fayette Heating and Air injury rate improved

Fayette Heating and Air's TCR fell 10.5 from 18.7 in 2021 to 8.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 18.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=18.7 · 2022=8.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Lexington, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 13.5 · 481% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #74/79
  • PHOTO Scott's Plumbing Co.…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~143 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Scott's Plumbing Co., Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fayette Heating and Air in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fayette Heating and Air averages 13.5 TCR (481% 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

Fayette Heating and Air TCR series: 2021=18.7 · 2022=8.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Fayette Heating and Air falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 4% 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 #74 safest of 79 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Kentucky.

Fayette Heating and Air (143 employees, TCR 13.5) 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 Fayette Heating and Air
Fayette Heating and Air (143 employees, TCR 13.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Fayette Heating and Air has more 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
2022 8.2 3.1 8 0 0
2021 18.7 8.3 18 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · KY · Lexington

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 · 652 employers in Lexington, 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 Scott's Plumbing Co., Inc 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Taylor Heating Inc. 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Evergreen Refrigeration 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR McDonald Plumbing, Inc 13.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE G & J Pepsi Cola Bottlers-Winchester KY 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roy Anderson Lumber Company INC. 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nashville Plant 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Florida Tile Advanced Manufacturing Center 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Kentucky - Main Campus - Fayette County 11,013 FTE
CITY-NEAR UK Healthcare 9,922 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central KY - Gatton Beaumont 3,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central Ky - High Street 3,895 FTE
NAT-TCR 381678-Cle-Newburg Sta 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 358970-Watertown Po 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1924 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Taylor Heating Inc. 13.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4795-Aa-Fll-Fort Lauderdale-Fll-Trm1 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boyd Corporation - Grand Rapids, Michigan 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kingston Rehab of Perrysburg 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4355 Richmond VA Container 143 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.