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

HC Blake CO

Huntsville, AL · ~95 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HC Blake CO runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

HC Blake CO: 2.7 TCR = 97% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HC Blake CO safety composite

HC Blake CO scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

HC Blake CO: 0.0 → 5.4 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.99× in 2019

HC Blake CO's TCR rose 5.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Huntsville, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 97% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #54/85
  • PHOTO Desert Mechanical Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~95 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Desert Mechanical Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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HC Blake CO in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HC Blake CO averages 2.7 TCR (97% of the Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

HC Blake CO TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=5.4 · BLS 2.8

Where HC Blake CO falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 85 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Alabama.

HC Blake CO (95 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 HC Blake CO
HC Blake CO (95 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

HC Blake CO has more employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin median and a lower 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
2019 5.4 5.4 6 0 0
2018 2.8 1.8 2 1 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · AL · Huntsville

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 454 employers in Huntsville, AL · 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 Desert Mechanical Inc 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR WL Gary Co INC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR CONSTELLATION HOME PRODUCTS & SERVICES, LLC 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE ADS LLC. 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE AES MECHANICAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phifer- Columbus Street 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Everwood Treatment Co., Inc. 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR AL004 2,929 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dynetics A Leidos Company 2,463 FTE
CITY-NEAR Leidos - Dynetics 2,051 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toyota Motor Mfg of Alabama 1,874 FTE
NAT-TCR Battery Plant - Smyrna 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Dickinson Ave. 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Art Van Corp Offices 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Nazdar SourceOne Georgia 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Swepco Main 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mechworks - Corporate 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Copper and Brass Sales - Acworth 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE QSIC-HQ 95 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: 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.