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

Patterson Heating & Air Conditioning

Charlotte, NC · ~37 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Patterson Heating & Air Conditioning runs at 219% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Patterson Heating & Air Conditioning: 6.1 TCR = 219% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Patterson Heating & Air Conditioning safety composite

Patterson Heating & Air Conditioning scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

−1.3

2016→2021

Patterson Heating & Air Conditioning injury rate improved

Patterson Heating & Air Conditioning's TCR fell 1.3 from 6.6 in 2016 to 5.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.6 · 2017=8.8 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Charlotte, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 219% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #163/212
  • PHOTO Garrett Plumbing & H…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Garrett Plumbing & Heating Co. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Patterson Heating & Air Conditioning in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Patterson Heating & Air Conditioning averages 6.1 TCR (219% 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

Patterson Heating & Air Conditioning TCR series: 2016=6.6 · 2017=8.8 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=5.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Patterson Heating & Air Conditioning falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 26% 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 #163 safest of 212 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in North Carolina.

Patterson Heating & Air Conditioning (37 employees, TCR 6.1) 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 Patterson Heating & Air Conditioning
Patterson Heating & Air Conditioning (37 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Patterson Heating & Air Conditioning 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
2021 5.3 2.6 2 0 0
2020 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2019 5.4 5.4 2 0 0
2018 8.3 5.5 3 0 0
2017 8.8 8.8 3 0 0
2016 6.6 3.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NC · Charlotte

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, 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 Garrett Plumbing & Heating Co. 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Culligan - Billings 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Webb Plumbing, Heating & Electric Corp 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alliance Fire Protection LLC 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE CAR Greenhouse LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Statesville Breeders 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dan River CT/CC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE hep Petra, LLC 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) 8,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0001-Carolinas Medical Center 8,032 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML 7,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center 4,973 FTE
NAT-TCR Bio-Rad Laboratories PIMS 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Darlington County 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR SilverCrest Properties LLC SilverCreek on Main 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR PSC Industries - El Paso 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Store 1 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hla Aurora, Ct 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rincon Engineering Corp 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Franklin Ky Tube Plant 37 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.