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

Schardein Mechanical Contractors, Inc.

Louisville, KY · ~219 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Schardein Mechanical Contractors, Inc. runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Schardein Mechanical Contractors, Inc.: 1.8 TCR = 64% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schardein Mechanical Contractors, Inc. safety composite

Schardein Mechanical Contractors, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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%).

Schardein Mechanical Contractors, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Schardein Mechanical Contractors, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 1.9 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.9 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=2.0 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Louisville, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 64% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #23/79
  • PHOTO Benson's Heating & A…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~219 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Benson's Heating & Air Conditioning (0.0 TCR gap)

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Schardein Mechanical Contractors, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Schardein Mechanical Contractors, Inc. averages 1.8 TCR (64% 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

Schardein Mechanical Contractors, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=2 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Schardein Mechanical Contractors, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 79 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Kentucky.

Schardein Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (219 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 Schardein Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
Schardein Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (219 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Schardein Mechanical Contractors, Inc. has more employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin 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 1.7 0.3 5 0 0
2023 1.4 0.0 4 0 0
2022 1.6 0.8 4 0 0
2021 1.6 0.0 4 0 0
2020 2.0 0.0 4 0 0
2019 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.9 0.0 2 0 0
2017 4.3 0.4 10 0 0
2016 1.9 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · KY · Louisville

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, KY · 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 Benson's Heating & Air Conditioning 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Core Industrial Maintenance 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Early Services, Inc 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Major Air Service Corp 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE G & J Pepsi Cola Bottlers- Lexington KY 219 FTE
STATE-SIZE PDS Consultants Inc #1 219 FTE
STATE-SIZE GUBMK Constructors - TVA Shawnee Fossil Plant 218 FTE
STATE-SIZE G&J Pepsi- Lexington 218 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson County Public Schools 18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYGRA - WORLDPORT 11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR WORLDPORT (KYGRA) 9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR KTKY TRUCK 8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR National OnDemand, Inc 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Heatec, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Aag Asheville Subie, LLC 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Notre Dame de Namur University 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE McClarin Plastics LLC 219 FTE
NAT-SIZE 148a Lci 219 FTE
NAT-SIZE Molex West Bond 219 FTE
NAT-SIZE Devro, Inc. 219 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, 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.