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

The Comfort Group of Alabama

Huntsville, AL · ~44 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Comfort Group of Alabama runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

The Comfort Group of Alabama: 4.0 TCR = 143% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Comfort Group of Alabama safety composite

The Comfort Group of Alabama scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−9.5

2016→2024

The Comfort Group of Alabama injury rate improved

The Comfort Group of Alabama's TCR fell 9.5 from 9.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.5 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.0 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Huntsville, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 143% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #63/85
  • PHOTO Main Office
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Main Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Comfort Group of Alabama in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Comfort Group of Alabama averages 4.0 TCR (143% 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

The Comfort Group of Alabama TCR series: 2016=9.5 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=3 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where The Comfort Group of Alabama falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #63 safest of 85 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Alabama.

The Comfort Group of Alabama (44 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 The Comfort Group of Alabama
The Comfort Group of Alabama (44 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

The Comfort Group of Alabama has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2022 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.9 3.9 3 0 0
2019 5.2 2.6 2 0 0
2018 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2017 6.2 2.1 3 0 0
2016 9.5 9.5 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · AL · Huntsville

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 454 employers in Huntsville, AL · 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 Main Office 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR LK Sheet Metal 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR RRSC Philadelphia 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nagel-Lavin, Inc. 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE SIMCO Construction, Inc. 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE C&C Contractors LLC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Asphalt Services, Inc. 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Turner at Olin Chlor Alkali Products McIntosh AL 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR AL004 2,929 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dynetics A Leidos Company 2,463 FTE
CITY-NEAR Leidos - Dynetics 2,051 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toyota Motor Mfg of Alabama 1,874 FTE
NAT-TCR Mako Contracting, LLC 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AC Hotel Austin Hill Country 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kerry Owen 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Daikin Comfort Technologies - Orlando 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Precision Blasting, LLC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Potter Lumber Co., LLC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE NYSEG Lockport 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE River Metals Recycling - Newport 44 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.