Commercial refrigeration system installation · Oregon

PermaCold Engineering

Portland, OR · ~128 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PermaCold Engineering runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Commercial refrigeration system installation workplace, earning a grade D.

PermaCold Engineering: 3.5 TCR = 125% of Commercial refrigeration system installation BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PermaCold Engineering safety composite

PermaCold Engineering scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−0.4

2016→2018

PermaCold Engineering injury rate improved

PermaCold Engineering's TCR fell 0.4 from 3.4 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.4 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Portland, OR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 125% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #34/86
  • PHOTO Ace Mechanical Contr…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~128 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ace Mechanical Contractors Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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PermaCold Engineering in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PermaCold Engineering averages 3.5 TCR (125% 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

PermaCold Engineering TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=3 · BLS 2.8

Where PermaCold Engineering falls in its industry

5,793 Commercial refrigeration syste establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 86 Commercial refrigeration syste employers in Oregon.

PermaCold Engineering (128 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 PermaCold Engineering
PermaCold Engineering (128 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

PermaCold Engineering 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
2018 3.0 1.0 3 0 0
2017 4.2 0.8 5 0 0
2016 3.4 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · OR · Portland

5,793 Commercial refrigeration system installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 1,728 employers in Portland, OR · 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 Ace Mechanical Contractors Inc 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Bosworth Company, Midland, TX 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Refrigeration, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sauer Group SE Mechanical 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE JR Johnson LLC 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sweet Home 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Portland Box Plant 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE SALEM, OR CONTAINER PLANT 128 FTE
CITY-NEAR OHSU Main Campus 18,003 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR349 PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CTR-PORTLA 4,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR346 PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CTR-PORTLAND 3,684 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000530 3,498 FTE
NAT-TCR 53-Binghamton Terminal 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Construction 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR New Brunswick (HR) 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bay Shippers LLC 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE STAHL/Scott Fetzer Company 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jimmy's Steer House - Arlington 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joy Global - Bedford Gear 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Compassionate Care Hospice of Clifton 128 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: 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.