Heating contractors · Michigan

Progressive Heating Cooling & Refrigeration Inc

Lowell, MI · ~20 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Progressive Heating Cooling & Refrigeration Inc runs at 249% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Progressive Heating Cooling & Refrigeration Inc: 7.0 TCR = 249% of Heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Progressive Heating Cooling & Refrigeration Inc safety composite

Progressive Heating Cooling & Refrigeration Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−4.5

2016→2017

Progressive Heating Cooling & Refrigeration Inc injury rate improved

Progressive Heating Cooling & Refrigeration Inc's TCR fell 4.5 from 9.2 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.2 · 2017=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Lowell, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 249% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #121/153
  • PHOTO Premium Plumbing
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Premium Plumbing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Progressive Heating Cooling & Refrigeration Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Progressive Heating Cooling & Refrigeration Inc averages 7.0 TCR (249% of the Heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Progressive Heating Cooling & Refrigeration Inc TCR series: 2016=9.2 · 2017=4.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Progressive Heating Cooling & Refrigeration Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Heating contractors establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #121 safest of 153 Heating contractors employers in Michigan.

Progressive Heating Cooling & Refrigeration Inc (20 employees, TCR 7.0) 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 Progressive Heating Cooling & Refrigeration Inc
Progressive Heating Cooling & Refrigeration Inc (20 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Progressive Heating Cooling & Refrigeration Inc has fewer employees than the Heating contractors 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
2017 4.7 0.0 1 0 0
2016 9.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MI · Lowell

5,793 Heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 32 employers in Lowell, MI · 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 Premium Plumbing 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR RRSC Hawaii 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lovazzano Mechanical, Inc. 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Webb Heating and Air Conditioning 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tholrund Brothers 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indeck Niles Energy Center 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michigan Solar Solutions West 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE WTB Tuscola Bay Wind Plant 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lowell Area Schools 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Litehouse Inc. - Lowell 373 FTE
CITY-NEAR Litehouse Foods Inc 320 FTE
CITY-NEAR 205 - Lowell 273 FTE
NAT-TCR Washington N and R LLC dba Grandview Healthcare 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR NAPP Lowell 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AMC 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR NW Arkansas Rehab Hospital 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 105 Stonecrest Drive 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Lift Trucks Shreveport 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0787 - Cullman, Al 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0751 - Ridgecrest, Ca 20 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: 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.