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

James Thomas Heating and Cooling

Blue Ridge, GA · ~24 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

James Thomas Heating and Cooling runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

James Thomas Heating and Cooling: 3.0 TCR = 109% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

James Thomas Heating and Cooling safety composite

James Thomas Heating and Cooling scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

TCR Δ

−17.7

2018→2024

James Thomas Heating and Cooling injury rate improved

James Thomas Heating and Cooling's TCR fell 17.7 from 17.7 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 17.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=17.7 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Blue Ridge, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 109% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #69/123
  • PHOTO Sheet Metal Crafters…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sheet Metal Crafters, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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James Thomas Heating and Cooling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows James Thomas Heating and Cooling averages 3.0 TCR (109% 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

James Thomas Heating and Cooling TCR series: 2018=17.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where James Thomas Heating and Cooling falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #69 safest of 123 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Georgia.

James Thomas Heating and Cooling (24 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 James Thomas Heating and Cooling
James Thomas Heating and Cooling (24 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

James Thomas Heating and Cooling has fewer 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.6 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 17.7 8.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · GA · Blue Ridge

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 23 employers in Blue Ridge, GA · 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 Sheet Metal Crafters, LLC 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Williams Plumbing and Heating Billings 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Delta Fire Systems - Reno 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR USA FL Tallahassee 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Buy Sod USA - Soperton Sod Farm 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Turf LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pilgrim's Douglas Hatchery 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unlimited Contract Services - Zephyhills, FL 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5812 249 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5812 231 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store 036 208 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fannin Regional Hospital 203 FTE
NAT-TCR PCD 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hastings Brothers Construction Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kuttler Machine Inc 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Morello Concrete Construction, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE TransMontaigne Martinez Facility 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Concept Construction Corp 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bonanza View Dairy 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Printron Steel Rule Die, Inc. 24 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.