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

Northwest Controls Systems, Inc

North Little Rock, AR · ~71 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northwest Controls Systems, Inc runs at 17% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Northwest Controls Systems, Inc: 0.5 TCR = 17% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwest Controls Systems, Inc safety composite

Northwest Controls Systems, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% 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%).

Northwest Controls Systems, Inc held a steady TCR band

Northwest Controls Systems, Inc's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.0 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · North Little Rock, AR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 17% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/55
  • PHOTO DRABEK & HILL, INC.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DRABEK & HILL, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northwest Controls Systems, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northwest Controls Systems, Inc averages 0.5 TCR (17% 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

Northwest Controls Systems, Inc TCR series: 2020=0 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Northwest Controls Systems, Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 55 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Arkansas.

Northwest Controls Systems, Inc (71 employees, TCR 0.5) 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 Northwest Controls Systems, Inc
Northwest Controls Systems, Inc (71 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Northwest Controls Systems, Inc 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · AR · North Little Rock

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 149 employers in North Little Rock, AR · 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 DRABEK & HILL, INC. 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carrier Commercial Services (Charlotte) 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Automated Logic Controls (Southwest) 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR BT Bridgeville 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Adams Land Company 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Arkansas Construction 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Staley Electric 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glatfelter Fort Smith 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR AR Little Rock 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maverick North Little Rock, AR 1,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR EngageMED 1,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock 1,002 FTE
NAT-TCR Real Alloy Recycling, LLC - Friendly, WV 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Specialized Maintenance Services, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR AC3, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Herbalife International of America, Inc. - LA Live 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alpha Productions Technologies, Inc. 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Silgan Containers Modesto Doherty 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valley Ag Land Management, Inc. 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arnold Wilbert Corp - Goldsboro, NC 71 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: 2023, 2022, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.