Mechanical contractors · Iowa

B G Brecke Inc

Cedar Rapids, IA · ~181 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

B G Brecke Inc runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

B G Brecke Inc: 2.3 TCR = 81% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

B G Brecke Inc safety composite

B G Brecke Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−0.5

2016→2024

B G Brecke Inc injury rate improved

B G Brecke Inc's TCR fell 0.5 from 2.6 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Cedar Rapids, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 81% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #34/94
  • PHOTO Thermo-Trol Systems
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~181 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Thermo-Trol Systems (0.0 TCR gap)

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B G Brecke Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows B G Brecke Inc averages 2.3 TCR (81% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

B G Brecke Inc TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=2 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 2.8

Where B G Brecke Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 64% 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 #34 safest of 94 Mechanical contractors employers in Iowa.

B G Brecke Inc (181 employees, TCR 2.3) 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 B G Brecke Inc
B G Brecke Inc (181 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

B G Brecke Inc has more employees than the Mechanical contractors 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 2.2 1.1 4 0 0
2023 2.0 0.5 4 0 0
2022 1.7 1.1 3 0 0
2021 1.8 1.2 3 0 0
2020 1.8 1.2 3 0 0
2019 3.6 1.2 6 0 0
2018 3.4 1.4 5 0 0
2017 1.4 0.7 2 0 0
2016 2.6 2.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IA · Cedar Rapids

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 466 employers in Cedar Rapids, 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 Thermo-Trol Systems 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR EMCOR Services - Betlem 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR B&V Mechanical, Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1901, Inc. 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Climate Engineers 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE HawkeyePedershaab Concrete Technologies, Inc. 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0086 - Dubuque 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE UnityPoint Health-Trinity Muscatine 181 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids IA 400 NE) 6,179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Collins - Cedar Rapids C Ave 6,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR CRST EXPEDITED INC 3,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Methodist Hospital 2,949 FTE
NAT-TCR EP Scientific Products, LLC 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. - Batesville Plant 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Madeira Beach Courtyard 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Applegarth Elementary School 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Legacy Terrace 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE Austin Tgs Div of 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE Weather Shield Mfg Inc.--- Park Falls Plant 15 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE R. E. Darling Co., Inc. 181 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.

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

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