Mechanical contractors · Iowa

Bowker Mechanical Contractors, LLC

Cedar Rapids, IA · ~81 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bowker Mechanical Contractors, LLC runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Bowker Mechanical Contractors, LLC: 2.4 TCR = 86% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bowker Mechanical Contractors, LLC safety composite

Bowker Mechanical Contractors, LLC 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−1.6

2016→2021

Bowker Mechanical Contractors, LLC injury rate improved

Bowker Mechanical Contractors, LLC's TCR fell 1.6 from 1.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.6 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 86% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #36/94
  • PHOTO GARDINER
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GARDINER (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bowker Mechanical Contractors, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bowker Mechanical Contractors, LLC averages 2.4 TCR (86% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Bowker Mechanical Contractors, LLC TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Bowker Mechanical Contractors, LLC falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 62% 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 #36 safest of 94 Mechanical contractors employers in Iowa.

Bowker Mechanical Contractors, LLC (81 employees, TCR 2.4) 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 Bowker Mechanical Contractors, LLC
Bowker Mechanical Contractors, LLC (81 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Bowker Mechanical Contractors, LLC 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 6.5 3.9 5 0 0
2016 1.6 1.6 2 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 GARDINER 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Randall Mechanical Inc 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PM Contracting, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Medic Air Systems, Inc. Port Orange FL 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Durant 1 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE ITC Midwest - Cedar Rapids 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ottumwa Generating Station 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works Maintenance / Streets 81 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 Mills 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Thomas J. Kempton Jr., Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Eagle Transport Corporation - Richmond 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Borders - Laredo 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE R J Martin National Contracting, Inc. 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE KPS Global LLC. AZ 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Curry Rail Services 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE A-1 Egg Farm 81 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.