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

Central Cooling & Heating

Woburn, MA · ~75 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Cooling & Heating runs at 297% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Central Cooling & Heating: 8.3 TCR = 297% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Cooling & Heating safety composite

Central Cooling & Heating scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

−3.8

2019→2023

Central Cooling & Heating injury rate improved

Central Cooling & Heating's TCR fell 3.8 from 8.8 in 2019 to 5.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.8 · 2021=11.1 · 2023=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Woburn, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 297% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #120/140
  • PHOTO BEYER PLUMBING COMPA…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BEYER PLUMBING COMPANY, LTD (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Cooling & Heating in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Cooling & Heating averages 8.3 TCR (297% 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

Central Cooling & Heating TCR series: 2019=8.8 · 2021=11.1 · 2023=5 · BLS 2.8

Where Central Cooling & Heating falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #120 safest of 140 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Massachusetts.

Central Cooling & Heating (75 employees, TCR 8.3) 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 Central Cooling & Heating
Central Cooling & Heating (75 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Central Cooling & Heating has more 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
2023 5.0 2.5 4 0 0
2021 11.1 0.0 8 0 0
2019 8.8 3.8 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MA · Woburn

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 187 employers in Woburn, MA · 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 BEYER PLUMBING COMPANY, LTD 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Environmental Systems Associates 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Professional Plumbing, Inc 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Borlase Plumbing Company 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE J.H. Lynch & Sons, Inc - Millbury 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE MP Masonry, Inc. 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pasek Security Company 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crescent Ridge 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Woburn_MA 1,364 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marshalls Woburn Merchants, Inc 1,044 FTE
CITY-NEAR Woburn Marshalls Distribution Center 1,029 FTE
CITY-NEAR GEI Consultants, Inc. 837 FTE
NAT-TCR Best Western Bridgeview 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Del Turco Bros., Inc. 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Span Alaska - Anchorage 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Swissotel Chicago Employment Services L.L.C. 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Orchard Point at Surprise 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vitalant LA Lafayette 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Integrated Recycling Technologies, Inc. 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Rosewood Retirement Community (SNF) 75 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: 2023, 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.