Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · North Carolina

HQ

Benson, NC · ~70 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HQ runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

HQ: 2.4 TCR = 87% of Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HQ safety composite

HQ scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

HQ: 1.4 → 3.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2018

HQ's TCR rose 2.0 from 1.4 in 2017 to 3.4 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Benson, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 87% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #89/212
  • PHOTO Advanced Fire Protec…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Advanced Fire Protection Services, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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HQ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HQ averages 2.4 TCR (87% of the Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors BLS benchmark).

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

HQ TCR series: 2017=1.4 · 2018=3.4 · BLS 2.8

Where HQ falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Con establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #89 safest of 212 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Con employers in North Carolina.

HQ (70 employees, TCR 2.4) 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 HQ
HQ (70 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

HQ has more employees than the Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning 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
2018 3.4 2.3 3 0 0
2017 1.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NC · Benson

5,793 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 21 employers in Benson, NC · 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 Advanced Fire Protection Services, Inc 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Airtron Indianapolis 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Plumbing Technology 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mechanical Partners, Inc. 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE SHARP FARM INC 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jackson Farming Company 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE ACT Power Services, LLC 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berry Global 226 FTE
CITY-NEAR Polymer Group, INC 224 FTE
CITY-NEAR 02545 - STORE # 2545 BENSON 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2545 94 FTE
NAT-TCR Clyde Manufacturing 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR George's Springdale Grow Out 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Stateline Location 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 0153 - Clinton Township, Mi 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Zanesville (Ohzan) 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grid Solutions : GA - PHX - Phoenix, AZ, USA 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hydro : Hydro - NAM - Projects (US Only) 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant Eagle #8991 70 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.

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