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

Tuck & Howell Inc.

Duncan, SC · ~35 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tuck & Howell Inc. runs at 379% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Tuck & Howell Inc.: 10.6 TCR = 379% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tuck & Howell Inc. safety composite

Tuck & Howell Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

Tuck & Howell Inc.: 8.7 → 12.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 15.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2022

Tuck & Howell Inc.'s TCR rose 3.6 from 8.7 in 2018 to 12.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Duncan, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.6 · 379% of ind

  • DART 9.2 DART
  • RANK #52/54
  • PHOTO Dependable Heating &…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dependable Heating & Air Conditioning (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tuck & Howell Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tuck & Howell Inc. averages 10.6 TCR (379% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Tuck & Howell Inc. TCR series: 2018=8.7 · 2019=15.5 · 2021=6 · 2022=12.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Tuck & Howell Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 54 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in South Carolina.

Tuck & Howell Inc. (35 employees, TCR 10.6) 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 Tuck & Howell Inc.
Tuck & Howell Inc. (35 employees, TCR 10.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Tuck & Howell Inc. has fewer employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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 12.3 9.2 4 0 0
2021 6.0 0.0 2 0 0
2019 15.5 5.2 6 0 0
2018 8.7 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · SC · Duncan

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 104 employers in Duncan, SC · 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 Dependable Heating & Air Conditioning 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Benedict Refrigeration Service 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sentra-Sota Sheet Metal Inc 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR cronier air conditioning, llc 10.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conway Service Center and Warehouse 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE FLORENCE DISTRICT OFFICE 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Delivery Operations (Charleston) 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Draexlmaier Automotive 981 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lear Corporation - Duncan 550 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fehrer Automotive SC, LLC 521 FTE
CITY-NEAR Roechling Automotive / Duncan 393 FTE
NAT-TCR Sullivan County Community Hospital 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Jaeger USA, Inc. 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR HG415 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodlands Senior Living of Waterville LLC 10.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rommel Electric Company 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Energy Industries - Vancouver 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Producers Supply Co. Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE S02903 - Okeechobee Landfill 35 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.