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

Pierce Refrigeration, inc.

West Bridgewater, MA · ~29 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pierce Refrigeration, inc. runs at 314% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Pierce Refrigeration, inc.: 8.8 TCR = 314% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pierce Refrigeration, inc. safety composite

Pierce Refrigeration, inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−10.0

2018→2023

Pierce Refrigeration, inc. injury rate improved

Pierce Refrigeration, inc.'s TCR fell 10.0 from 17.4 in 2018 to 7.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 17.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=17.4 · 2019=10.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=9.0 · 2023=7.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · West Bridgewater, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 314% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #124/140
  • PHOTO Tri Pacific Heating …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tri Pacific Heating & Air Conditioning, LP (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pierce Refrigeration, inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pierce Refrigeration, inc. averages 8.8 TCR (314% 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

Pierce Refrigeration, inc. TCR series: 2018=17.4 · 2019=10.1 · 2020=0 · 2022=9 · 2023=7.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Pierce Refrigeration, inc. falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 14% 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 #124 safest of 140 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Massachusetts.

Pierce Refrigeration, inc. (29 employees, TCR 8.8) 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 Pierce Refrigeration, inc.
Pierce Refrigeration, inc. (29 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Pierce Refrigeration, inc. has fewer 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 7.4 0.0 3 0 0
2022 9.0 3.0 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 10.1 6.7 3 0 0
2018 17.4 10.4 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MA · West Bridgewater

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 · 31 employers in West Bridgewater, 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 Tri Pacific Heating & Air Conditioning, LP 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bill Owens HTG & Air Inc 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Black River Plumbing, Heating & AC, Inc. 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sarracco Mechanical 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skyline Solar 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Building Co. Inc. 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE CTA Construction Co., Inc. 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coastal Construction Corp. 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centerline Communications 518 FTE
CITY-NEAR Market Basket #70 407 FTE
CITY-NEAR Life Care Center of West Bridgewater 272 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schumacher Companies 255 FTE
NAT-TCR Monterey Peninsula Country Club 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Triple D Farm 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ICM Corporation 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakewood 8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Republic Powered Metals 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Environmental Construction 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tec 3 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reesman Service Corporation 29 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, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.