Refrigeration equipment repair and maintenance services, industrial and commercial-type · California

Pacific Refrigeration Inc

El Cajon, CA · ~25 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pacific Refrigeration Inc runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Refrigeration equipment repair and maintenance services, industrial and commercial-type workplace, earning a grade D.

Pacific Refrigeration Inc: 3.1 TCR = 146% of Refrigeration equipment repair and maintenance services, industrial and commercial-type BLS 2.1 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pacific Refrigeration Inc safety composite

Pacific Refrigeration Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−15.3

2020→2024

Pacific Refrigeration Inc injury rate improved

Pacific Refrigeration Inc's TCR fell 15.3 from 15.3 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 15.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=15.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 811310 · El Cajon, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 146% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #71/148
  • PHOTO Crown Lift Trucks Sh…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Crown Lift Trucks Shreveport (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pacific Refrigeration Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pacific Refrigeration Inc averages 3.1 TCR (146% of the Refrigeration equipment repair and maintenance services, industrial and commercial-type BLS benchmark).

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

Pacific Refrigeration Inc TCR series: 2020=15.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.1

Where Pacific Refrigeration Inc falls in its industry

2,560 Refrigeration equipment repair establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #71 safest of 148 Refrigeration equipment repair employers in California.

Pacific Refrigeration Inc (25 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Pacific Refrigeration Inc
Pacific Refrigeration Inc (25 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Pacific Refrigeration Inc has fewer employees than the Refrigeration equipment repair and maint median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 15.3 15.3 2 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

811310 · CA · El Cajon

2,560 Refrigeration equipment repair and maintenance services, industrial and commercial-type employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 236 employers in El Cajon, 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 Crown Lift Trucks Shreveport 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-Upper Midwest : SVC-Madison WI-USA 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alta Equipment Company Orland Park 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hobart Service, Chicago 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conservation Farms Ranches 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE GM Ag Services, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm Shop 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dougherty Brothers 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR SOUTHERN REGION : SDU 1,176 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 370 1,148 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN Aerospace Chem-tronics 1,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN Aerospace Chem Tronics 938 FTE
NAT-TCR HC Sedona 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR GFL North Wilkesboro 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Landmark Performance Corp 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR ARC Abatement Denver 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Compassus GR Connecticut Milford 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE All Aboard America! - Midland 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE All Aboard America! - El Paso 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Resource Center - Celoron B 25 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.