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

Hicks & Ingle Corporation Knoxville TN

Name: Hicks & Ingle Corporation Knoxville TN Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Knoxville, TN · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.7
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hicks & Ingle Corporation Knoxville TN runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Hicks & Ingle Corporation Knoxville TN: 4.7 TCR = 167% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hicks & Ingle Corporation Knoxville TN safety composite

Hicks & Ingle Corporation Knoxville TN scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Hicks & Ingle Corporation Knoxville TN: 2.4 → 7.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2022

Hicks & Ingle Corporation Knoxville TN's TCR rose 4.6 from 2.4 in 2021 to 7.0 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 167% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #83/117
PHOTO Indianapolis Ben Fra…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Indianapolis Ben Franklin Plumbing (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Hicks & Ingle Corporation Knoxville TN averages 4.7 TCR (167% of the Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS benchmark).

Hicks & Ingle Corporation Knoxville TN TCR series: 2021=2.4 · 2022=7 · BLS 2.8

Where Hicks & Ingle Corporation Knoxville TN falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #83 safest of 117 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Tennessee.

Hicks & Ingle Corporation Knoxville TN (42 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Hicks & Ingle Corporation Knoxville TN 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
2022	7.0	0.0	3	0	0
2021	2.4	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · TN · Knoxville

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 747 employers in Knoxville, TN · 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	Indianapolis Ben Franklin Plumbing	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Protemp Associates Inc	MILWAUKIE, OR	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Impact Fire - Pompton Plains, NJ	POMPTON PLAINS, NJ	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	EMC	OLATHE, KS	4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Benton County Electric System	CAMDEN	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Citizens Gas Utility District	HELENWOOD	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Providence Builders	CLARKSVILLE	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PCC Johnson City	JOHNSON CITY	42 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cellular Sales Services Group LLC	Knoxville	6,387 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health System, Inc	Knoxville	5,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Functional Pathways of TN LLC	Knoxville	2,258 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HES Facilities Services K-12	Knoxville	2,157 FTE
NAT-TCR	Tops #366	Skaneateles, NY	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sierra Lumber Inc.	Verdi, NV	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	East Bay Tire Co.	Fairfield, CA	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Carolina Stone Products	Morrisville, NC	4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	LifeServices - Richland Woods	Johnstown, PA	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Just $ave #168	Robbins, NC	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Elite Concrete Construction, Inc.	Windsor, CA	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tops #277	Attica, NY	42 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.

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