Fire sprinkler system installation · North Carolina

S.A. Comunale - Carolina

Gastonia, NC · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
22.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

S.A. Comunale - Carolina runs at 800% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire sprinkler system installation workplace, earning a grade F.

S.A. Comunale - Carolina: 22.4 TCR = 800% of Fire sprinkler system installation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S.A. Comunale - Carolina safety composite

S.A. Comunale - Carolina scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 22.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 19.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

−5.6

2021→2022

S.A. Comunale - Carolina injury rate improved

S.A. Comunale - Carolina's TCR fell 5.6 from 25.2 in 2021 to 19.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 25.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=25.2 · 2022=19.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 22.4 · 800% of ind

  • DART 19.6 DART
  • RANK #212/212
  • PHOTO BJ Heating & Air Con…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BJ Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc (0.1 TCR gap)

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S.A. Comunale - Carolina in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows S.A. Comunale - Carolina averages 22.4 TCR (800% of the Fire sprinkler system installation BLS benchmark).

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

S.A. Comunale - Carolina TCR series: 2021=25.2 · 2022=19.6 · BLS 2.8

Where S.A. Comunale - Carolina falls in its industry

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installa establishments

Safer than 0% 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 #212 safest of 212 Fire sprinkler system installa employers in North Carolina.

S.A. Comunale - Carolina (33 employees, TCR 22.4) 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate S.A. Comunale - Carolina
S.A. Comunale - Carolina (33 employees, TCR 22.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

S.A. Comunale - Carolina has fewer employees than the Fire sprinkler system installation 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
2022 19.6 19.6 1 0 0
2021 25.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NC · Gastonia

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 182 employers in Gastonia, 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 BJ Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc 22.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baths For Less LLC dba Jacuzzi Bath Remodel of Portland 22.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TRC PLUMBING INC DBA BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PLUMBING 22.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Statewide Service Company 22.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Scott Brothers Inc 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Strickland Farms Payroll 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE James B. Morris Farms, Inc, 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE LTL, LLC 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gaston Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center 3,156 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gaston County Government 1,711 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wix Allen Plant 931 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gastonia Components and Logistics - Tulip 912 FTE
NAT-TCR Yorkshire of Edina 22.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Elder Delivers 22.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Babbitt 22.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AMLO Logistics LLC 22.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wheelabrator Lisbon Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wheelabrator Concord Company, L.P. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wheelabrator Gloucester Company, L.P. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Syntec Corporate 33 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.