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

Shumate Mechanical LLC

Duluth, GA · ~336 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shumate Mechanical LLC runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Shumate Mechanical LLC: 3.5 TCR = 125% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shumate Mechanical LLC safety composite

Shumate Mechanical LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−4.8

2016→2024

Shumate Mechanical LLC injury rate improved

Shumate Mechanical LLC's TCR fell 4.8 from 7.2 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.2 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Duluth, GA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 125% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #78/123
  • PHOTO Jim Godbout Plumbing…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 110 inj
  • SIZE ~336 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jim Godbout Plumbing & Heating, Inc. - 486 Elm (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shumate Mechanical LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shumate Mechanical LLC averages 3.5 TCR (125% 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

Shumate Mechanical LLC TCR series: 2016=7.2 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=3 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Shumate Mechanical LLC falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #78 safest of 123 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Georgia.

Shumate Mechanical LLC (336 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Shumate Mechanical LLC
Shumate Mechanical LLC (336 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Shumate Mechanical LLC has more 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
2024 2.4 0.4 10 1 0
2023 3.8 0.5 15 0 0
2022 2.2 0.6 8 0 0
2021 2.7 0.5 10 0 0
2020 3.0 0.3 11 0 0
2019 3.2 0.6 11 0 0
2018 2.4 0.0 8 0 0
2017 4.7 0.3 15 0 0
2016 7.2 1.0 22 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · GA · Duluth

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 203 employers in Duluth, GA · 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 Jim Godbout Plumbing & Heating, Inc. - 486 Elm 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Powers of Arkansas- North Little Rock Office 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CFP GA AUGUSTA 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Climate Pros Buffalo 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE 3874 336 FTE
STATE-SIZE Swissport Cargo Services - ATL - ATL-CGO4 336 FTE
STATE-SIZE GAT - GAATL 336 FTE
STATE-SIZE Acuity Brands - Conyers SEDC 336 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northside Duluth 1,352 FTE
CITY-NEAR Boehringer Ingelheim Duluth 1,327 FTE
CITY-NEAR BI Vet Medica 1,160 FTE
CITY-NEAR 123569-NORTH METRO GA P&DC 1,103 FTE
NAT-TCR La Encantada #555 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lewis Transport, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Little Sioux Corn Processors 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Gulf Copper Ship Repair 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Consortium Business Support Services 336 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hebron 336 FTE
NAT-SIZE Curative Connections 336 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wisconsin - DePere 336 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.