Refrigeration equipment repair and maintenance services, industrial and commercial-type · Massachusetts
The Harold E Darcy Co Inc
Holyoke, MA · ~34 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
The Harold E Darcy Co Inc runs at 542% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Refrigeration equipment repair and maintenance services, industrial and commercial-type workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.4
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.1
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 4
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares The Harold E Darcy Co Inc's OSHA Total Case Rate of 11.4 to the Refrigeration equipment repair and maintenance services, industrial and commercial-type BLS benchmark of 2.1 (542% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
The Harold E Darcy Co Inc's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.1 industry benchmark.
Where The Harold E Darcy Co Inc falls in its industry
3,014 Refrigeration equipment repair establishmentsSafer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 36 Refrigeration equipment repair employers in Massachusetts.
Trend analysis for The Harold E Darcy Co Inc
Between 2016 and 2017, The Harold E Darcy Co Inc's Total Case Rate worsened from 3.7 to 19.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 421% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2016, at a TCR of 3.7, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 19.1, a spread of 15.4 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, The Harold E Darcy Co Inc recorded 4 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 4 injuries, 3 illnesses shown on this page for The Harold E Darcy Co Inc are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 811310 - Refrigeration equipment repair and maintenance services, industrial and commercial-type.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2017)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 62,804 hours worked = 6.37 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The Harold E Darcy Co Inc (this establishment) | 11.39 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Electric motor repair and maintenance services, commercial or industrial industry avg | 2.10 | BLS IIF, NAICS 811310 |
| Massachusetts state avg (all industries) | 4.94 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by The Harold E Darcy Co Inc to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2017: 6 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 19.1 | 6.4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on The Harold E Darcy Co Inc's reported OSHA injury record versus its Refrigeration equipment repair and maintenance services, industrial and commercial-type peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 542% of the Refrigeration equipment repair and maintenance services, industrial and commercial-type benchmark, The Harold E Darcy Co Inc reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Refrigeration equipment repair and maintenance services, industrial and commercial-type sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.