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

C & L Refrigeration Corp

Fullerton, CA · ~155 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

C & L Refrigeration Corp runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

C & L Refrigeration Corp: 3.6 TCR = 129% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

C & L Refrigeration Corp safety composite

C & L Refrigeration Corp scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

C & L Refrigeration Corp: 2.9 → 4.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.36× in 2024

C & L Refrigeration Corp's TCR rose 2.0 from 2.9 in 2017 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Fullerton, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 129% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #283/594
  • PHOTO Impact Fire - Hudson…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~155 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Impact Fire - Hudson, NH (0.0 TCR gap)

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C & L Refrigeration Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows C & L Refrigeration Corp averages 3.6 TCR (129% 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

C & L Refrigeration Corp TCR series: 2017=2.9 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=2 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 2.8

Where C & L Refrigeration Corp falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #283 safest of 594 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in California.

C & L Refrigeration Corp (155 employees, TCR 3.6) 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 C & L Refrigeration Corp
C & L Refrigeration Corp (155 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

C & L Refrigeration Corp has more 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 4.9 4.9 8 0 0
2023 5.2 5.2 8 0 0
2022 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2021 4.4 3.6 6 0 1
2020 4.8 3.4 7 0 0
2019 2.0 2.0 3 0 0
2018 3.4 2.7 5 0 0
2017 2.9 2.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Fullerton

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 167 employers in Fullerton, CA · 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 Impact Fire - Hudson, NH 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ACS, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miller Bonded Inc 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMSNextech 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE T&A - Oxnard - Harvest 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE Treehouse California Almonds 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARTURO GODINEZ 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE BEACH CITIES CONSTRUCT/FLD SRVS - 1 155 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA692 ST JUDE MEDICAL CENTER HR 2,718 FTE
CITY-NEAR SASCO 705 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Fullerton 692 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fullerton / Orange 636 FTE
NAT-TCR Harr Toyota 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Twin MRO 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Moynihan Lumber of Plaistow LLC 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Model Pattern Company dba MP Components 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE US Engineering Metalworks 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mission Cancer + Blood - IMMC 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seattle 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moundridge Manor 155 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.