Industrial process piping installation · Iowa

ACI Mechanical, Inc.

Ames, IA · ~91 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ACI Mechanical, Inc. runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Industrial process piping installation workplace, earning a grade B.

ACI Mechanical, Inc.: 1.5 TCR = 54% of Industrial process piping installation BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ACI Mechanical, Inc. safety composite

ACI Mechanical, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−2.6

2016→2024

ACI Mechanical, Inc. injury rate improved

ACI Mechanical, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.6 from 3.4 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.4 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=1.0 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Ames, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.5 · 54% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/94
  • PHOTO Elliott-Lewis Corpor…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Elliott-Lewis Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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ACI Mechanical, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ACI Mechanical, Inc. averages 1.5 TCR (54% of the Industrial process piping installation BLS benchmark).

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

ACI Mechanical, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=1 · 2023=1 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 2.8

Where ACI Mechanical, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Industrial process piping inst establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 94 Industrial process piping inst employers in Iowa.

ACI Mechanical, Inc. (91 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 ACI Mechanical, Inc.
ACI Mechanical, Inc. (91 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

ACI Mechanical, Inc. has more employees than the Industrial process piping installation median and a lower 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
2024 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2022 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2021 3.1 3.1 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.9 1.0 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2016 3.4 2.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IA · Ames

5,793 Industrial process piping installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 170 employers in Ames, IA · 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 Elliott-Lewis Corporation 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Total Fire Protection, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Illinois Piping Corporation 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR John E. Green Company 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Trans Ova Genetics LC 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sioux City Neal North 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisa Generating Station 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ames-West Operating 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISU - University Wide 13,316 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISU - On Campus 12,527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mary Greeley Medical Center- Main Hospital 1,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mary Greeley Medical Center 1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR TTI- San Antonio, TX 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Illinois Piping Corporation 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR TCCo-PIT 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #5810 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE AAF Flanders Atlanta 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE DeRoyal Distribution Center 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE PRI of East TN, Inc. 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Always Bagels - Lebanon 91 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.