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

Southern MEP, Inc

Name: Southern MEP, Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Piedmont, SC · ~138 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.5
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Southern MEP, Inc runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Southern MEP, Inc: 0.5 TCR = 18% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern MEP, Inc safety composite

Southern MEP, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% 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).

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

Southern MEP, Inc: 0.0 → 0.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 0.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.44× in 2024

Southern MEP, Inc's TCR rose 0.7 from 0.0 in 2022 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Piedmont, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 18% of ind

DART 0.7 DART
RANK #3/54
PHOTO Bay To Bay Balancing…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~138 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bay To Bay Balancing, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Southern MEP, Inc averages 0.5 TCR (18% of the Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS benchmark).

Southern MEP, Inc TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Southern MEP, Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 54 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in South Carolina.

Southern MEP, Inc (138 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Southern MEP, 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
2024	0.7	0.7	1
2023	0.8	0.0	1
2022	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · SC · Piedmont

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 71 employers in Piedmont, SC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Bay To Bay Balancing, Inc.	LUTZ, FL	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	University Mechanical	EL CAJON, CA	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Impact Fire - Dallas	ARLINGTON, TX	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Comfort Systems USA Midsouth	BIRMINGHAM, AL	0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Sumter Packaging Corporation	SUMTER	138 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mankiewicz Coatings LLC	CHARLESTON	138 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mclaughlin Body Co. Inc	ANDERSON	138 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1120 LOWE S OF FLORENCE SC	FLORENCE	138 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Drive Automotive Industries of America	Piedmont	1,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Blood Connection	Piedmont	657 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PL Developments - OGR Plant	Piedmont	591 FTE
CITY-NEAR	C453 Greenville	Piedmont	372 FTE
NAT-TCR	National Maintenance Contracting Corp	Niagara Falls, NY	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	CR Insulation	San Marcos, CA	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Billerica	Billerica, MA	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Texas	Mcallen, TX	0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Otterbein Cridersville	Cridersville, OH	138 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mobile AL	Mobile, AL	138 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Westerlay Orchids LP	Carpinteria, CA	138 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Montrose Ford LLC	Akron, OH	138 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. 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.