Refrigeration/air-conditioning defrost controls manufacturing · Texas

Preferred Mechanical Group

Frisco, TX · ~39 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Preferred Mechanical Group runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Refrigeration/air-conditioning defrost controls manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Preferred Mechanical Group: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Refrigeration/air-conditioning defrost controls manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Preferred Mechanical Group safety composite

Preferred Mechanical Group scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Preferred Mechanical Group held a steady TCR band

Preferred Mechanical Group's TCR held near 0.0 from 3.5 in 2022 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334512 · Frisco, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Therm-O-Disc - Mansf…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Therm-O-Disc - Mansfield (0.0 TCR gap)

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Preferred Mechanical Group in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Preferred Mechanical Group averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Refrigeration/air-conditioning defrost controls manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Preferred Mechanical Group TCR series: 2022=3.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Preferred Mechanical Group falls in its industry

50 Refrigeration/air-conditioning establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Refrigeration/air-conditioning employers in Texas.

Preferred Mechanical Group (39 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Preferred Mechanical Group
Preferred Mechanical Group (39 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Preferred Mechanical Group has fewer employees than the Refrigeration/air-conditioning defrost c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334512 · TX · Frisco

50 Refrigeration/air-conditioning defrost controls manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 174 employers in Frisco, TX · 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 Therm-O-Disc - Mansfield 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pettibone : Field Controls 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Downstream Technology Solutions : FPT - Jacksonville, FL 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SIMCO-ION, TECHNOLOGY GROUP 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Descanso Dairy LLC 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dumas 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Devon Energy - Wink TX 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE FAR SOUTH MINING LLC 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-238 8,351 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-RRD 2,767 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4016-18236000 1,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sinacola 845 FTE
NAT-TCR Twin Cities Orthopedics - Eagan 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Seattle Maintenance Alaska 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 3646 S Boulevard Charlotte 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The Blakley Corporation 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Heron East 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1205 Lake Nona 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Katahdin Valley Health Center, Patten Clinic 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Straightline Sheet Metal LLC 39 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.