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

B and J Refrigeration

Tucson, AZ · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

B and J Refrigeration runs at 623% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

B and J Refrigeration: 17.4 TCR = 623% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

B and J Refrigeration safety composite

B and J Refrigeration scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 17.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−16.5

2017→2021

B and J Refrigeration injury rate improved

B and J Refrigeration's TCR fell 16.5 from 25.7 in 2017 to 9.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 25.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=25.7 · 2021=9.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Tucson, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 17.4 · 623% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #128/131
  • PHOTO CJS Plumbing, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CJS Plumbing, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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B and J Refrigeration in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows B and J Refrigeration averages 17.4 TCR (623% 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

B and J Refrigeration TCR series: 2017=25.7 · 2021=9.2 · BLS 2.8

Where B and J Refrigeration falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #128 safest of 131 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Arizona.

B and J Refrigeration (28 employees, TCR 17.4) 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 B and J Refrigeration
B and J Refrigeration (28 employees, TCR 17.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

B and J Refrigeration 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
2021 9.2 4.6 2 0 0
2017 25.7 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · AZ · Tucson

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 1,150 employers in Tucson, AZ · 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 CJS Plumbing, Inc. 17.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Total Comfort Solutions, LLC 17.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc. 17.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Border Sheet Metal & Heating Hvac LLC 17.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE ABACA 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tatum 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tonopah 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cholla Livestock 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Arizona 18,951 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Tucson_AZ_Airport Site 9,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tucson Medical Center 4,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR U.S. Border Patrol Sector - Tucson 3,989 FTE
NAT-TCR 6458-ZGRB 17.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Continuing Healthcare of Toledo 17.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sgs Industrial Services Inc 17.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Turner Morris, Inc. Silverthorne 17.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Zuheir Inc Dba 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE ARS Nebraska - Hastings NE 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pezzuco Construction, Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE CHEP Services Newburgh TPM (UT5Q) 28 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: 2021, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.