Commercial refrigeration system installation · Wisconsin

Benedict Refrigeration Service

Altoona, WI · ~66 workers · 5 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

Benedict Refrigeration Service runs at 379% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Commercial refrigeration system installation workplace, earning a grade F.

Benedict Refrigeration Service: 10.6 TCR = 379% of Commercial refrigeration system installation BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Benedict Refrigeration Service safety composite

Benedict Refrigeration Service scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

44/100

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
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

−10.7

2016→2020

Benedict Refrigeration Service injury rate improved

Benedict Refrigeration Service's TCR fell 10.7 from 17.5 in 2016 to 6.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 17.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=17.5 · 2017=11.0 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=12.2 · 2020=6.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Altoona, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.6 · 379% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #138/154
  • PHOTO Tuck & Howell Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tuck & Howell Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Benedict Refrigeration Service in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Benedict Refrigeration Service averages 10.6 TCR (379% of the Commercial refrigeration system installation BLS benchmark).

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

Benedict Refrigeration Service TCR series: 2016=17.5 · 2017=11 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=12.2 · 2020=6.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Benedict Refrigeration Service falls in its industry

5,793 Commercial refrigeration syste establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #138 safest of 154 Commercial refrigeration syste employers in Wisconsin.

Benedict Refrigeration Service (66 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 Benedict Refrigeration Service
Benedict Refrigeration Service (66 employees, TCR 10.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Benedict Refrigeration Service has more employees than the Commercial refrigeration system installa 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
2020 6.8 0.0 5 0 0
2019 12.2 1.4 9 0 0
2018 5.6 0.0 3 0 0
2017 11.0 1.8 6 0 0
2016 17.5 4.4 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · WI · Altoona

5,793 Commercial refrigeration system installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 25 employers in Altoona, WI · 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 Tuck & Howell Inc. 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dependable Heating & Air Conditioning 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sentra-Sota Sheet Metal Inc 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR cronier air conditioning, llc 10.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Okray Family Farms, Inc 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tidy View Dairy, LLC 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wysocki Produce Farm - Paramount Ag 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3757_10365 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR OakLeaf Surgical Hospital 326 FTE
CITY-NEAR Woodman's Food Market Altoona 41 204 FTE
CITY-NEAR Altoona 41 184 FTE
CITY-NEAR WIEAU - EAU CLAIRE CENTER 154 FTE
NAT-TCR Pestech Exterminating 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Milestone Electric 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Spokane WA Yard 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Gresham Damascus OR 10.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tft #550 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE TL Service, Inc. 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE UT003 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Constant Aviation- CCM, Cuyahoga County Airport 66 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: 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.