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

Piedmont, AL

Piedmont, AL · ~17 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Piedmont, AL runs at 212% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Piedmont, AL: 5.9 TCR = 212% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Piedmont, AL safety composite

Piedmont, AL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

Piedmont, AL: 5.5 → 6.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.08× in 2018

Piedmont, AL's TCR rose 1.0 from 5.5 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Piedmont, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.9 · 212% of ind

  • DART 6.4 DART
  • RANK #74/85
  • PHOTO 2608 West Liberty Of…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2608 West Liberty Office/Shop (0.0 TCR gap)

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Piedmont, AL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Piedmont, AL averages 5.9 TCR (212% 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

Piedmont, AL TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2018=6.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Piedmont, AL falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #74 safest of 85 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Alabama.

Piedmont, AL (17 employees, TCR 5.9) 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 Piedmont, AL
Piedmont, AL (17 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Piedmont, AL has fewer employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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
2018 6.4 6.4 1 0 0
2016 5.5 5.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · AL · Piedmont

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 9 employers in Piedmont, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR 2608 West Liberty Office/Shop 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Timo's Air Conditioning & Heating Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Koorsen Fire & Security Kokomo 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BK Fire Suppression & Security Systems 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE DANFORD FARMS 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Covington Electric Cooperative, Inc. - Enterprise Office 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bartletts Ferry Dam 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE 294 - Village Creek WWTP Improvements 17 FTE
CITY-NEAR Piedmont Health Care Center 111 FTE
CITY-NEAR Piedmont Warehouse 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR CVG Alabama LLC 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR S10150 - Piedmont Hauling 31 FTE
NAT-TCR N and R of Miner Inc 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Worldport Freight Facility (Kysvl) 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Alton (Ilalt) 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Falcon Healthcare Inc DBA Interim Healthcare 5.9 TCR

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, 2016. 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.