Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · South Carolina

RCOA, LLC D/B/A Carolina Cool

Myrtle Beach, SC · ~168 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

RCOA, LLC D/B/A Carolina Cool runs at 227% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

RCOA, LLC D/B/A Carolina Cool: 6.4 TCR = 227% of Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RCOA, LLC D/B/A Carolina Cool safety composite

RCOA, LLC D/B/A Carolina Cool scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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 6.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

RCOA, LLC D/B/A Carolina Cool: 5.5 → 7.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.92× in 2023

RCOA, LLC D/B/A Carolina Cool's TCR rose 1.6 from 5.5 in 2022 to 7.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Myrtle Beach, SC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.4 · 227% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #45/54
  • PHOTO Sunrise Mechanical LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~168 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sunrise Mechanical LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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RCOA, LLC D/B/A Carolina Cool in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows RCOA, LLC D/B/A Carolina Cool averages 6.4 TCR (227% of the Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors BLS benchmark).

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

RCOA, LLC D/B/A Carolina Cool TCR series: 2022=5.5 · 2023=7.2 · BLS 2.8

Where RCOA, LLC D/B/A Carolina Cool falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Con establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 54 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Con employers in South Carolina.

RCOA, LLC D/B/A Carolina Cool (168 employees, TCR 6.4) 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 RCOA, LLC D/B/A Carolina Cool
RCOA, LLC D/B/A Carolina Cool (168 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

RCOA, LLC D/B/A Carolina Cool has more employees than the Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning 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
2023 7.2 5.9 10 1 0
2022 5.5 2.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · SC · Myrtle Beach

5,793 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 244 employers in Myrtle Beach, SC · 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 Sunrise Mechanical LLC 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Automatic Fire Systems, Inc 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Detmer and Sons Fairborn 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR WestRock-Waco Shop 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Henkel US Operations Corp. Enoree, SC 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dodge Industrial, Inc. 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE Store 1379 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE Store 073 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR HCA - Grand Strand Medical Center 1,584 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grand Strand Health 1,257 FTE
CITY-NEAR Founders National Golf, LLC 829 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ocean Lakes Service Corp. 440 FTE
NAT-TCR Dave Cole Decorators 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hilmar Lumber Inc. 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwest Interiors LLC 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Island Lake Center 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Loftin Equipment Company Headquarters 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4223-M3700 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Life Care Center of Jacksonville 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE LL Vann Electric, Inc. 168 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.