HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors · Ohio

Ohio Heating & Refrigeration

Columbus, OH · ~110 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ohio Heating & Refrigeration runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Ohio Heating & Refrigeration: 3.1 TCR = 113% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ohio Heating & Refrigeration safety composite

Ohio Heating & Refrigeration scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−4.0

2022→2024

Ohio Heating & Refrigeration injury rate improved

Ohio Heating & Refrigeration's TCR fell 4.0 from 5.8 in 2022 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.8 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Columbus, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 113% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #169/300
  • PHOTO Scranton Electric He…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~110 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Scranton Electric Heating & Cooling Service Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ohio Heating & Refrigeration in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ohio Heating & Refrigeration averages 3.1 TCR (113% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Ohio Heating & Refrigeration TCR series: 2022=5.8 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Ohio Heating & Refrigeration falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #169 safest of 300 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Ohio.

Ohio Heating & Refrigeration (110 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 Ohio Heating & Refrigeration
Ohio Heating & Refrigeration (110 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Ohio Heating & Refrigeration has more employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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 1.8 0.9 2 0 0
2023 1.8 0.9 2 0 0
2022 5.8 2.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · OH · Columbus

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, OH · 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 Scranton Electric Heating & Cooling Service Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMS of Denver, LLC 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2857_5578 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0D47 - PHILADELPHIA FIRE 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Quanex 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Structural Systems Repair Group 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kelley Steel Erectors, Inc. 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE All Temp Refrigeration, Inc. 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital 13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus 10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverside Methodist Hospital 9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1 5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Concord Fire Department 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Patriot Freight 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodfin Heating Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 3645 W Asheville 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE CSL Sachse 2017, LLC 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valentine Roofing, LLC 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1083 North Upland 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1863 Ne Bradenton 110 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.