Mechanical contractors · Indiana

B.R. Schroeder & Sons, Inc

Tipton, IN · ~81 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

B.R. Schroeder & Sons, Inc runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

B.R. Schroeder & Sons, Inc: 4.9 TCR = 175% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

B.R. Schroeder & Sons, Inc safety composite

B.R. Schroeder & Sons, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−2.1

2016→2022

B.R. Schroeder & Sons, Inc injury rate improved

B.R. Schroeder & Sons, Inc's TCR fell 2.1 from 4.8 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.8 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Tipton, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 175% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #87/130
  • PHOTO R & R Inc of Louisvi…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R & R Inc of Louisville (0.0 TCR gap)

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B.R. Schroeder & Sons, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows B.R. Schroeder & Sons, Inc averages 4.9 TCR (175% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

B.R. Schroeder & Sons, Inc TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=2 · 2022=2.7 · BLS 2.8

Where B.R. Schroeder & Sons, Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #87 safest of 130 Mechanical contractors employers in Indiana.

B.R. Schroeder & Sons, Inc (81 employees, TCR 4.9) 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.R. Schroeder & Sons, Inc
B.R. Schroeder & Sons, Inc (81 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

B.R. Schroeder & Sons, Inc has more employees than the Mechanical 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
2022 2.7 2.7 2 0 0
2021 2.0 1.0 2 0 0
2020 8.3 3.7 9 0 0
2019 6.7 4.8 7 0 0
2018 7.5 4.3 7 0 0
2017 2.3 1.1 2 0 0
2016 4.8 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IN · Tipton

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 31 employers in Tipton, IN · 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 R & R Inc of Louisville 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR HWE Woburn HVAC 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR office 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hometown Heat Pumps Inc. 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jenacre Egg Farm 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newton County Egg Farm 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indiana American Water-Northwest District Service Center 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alva Electric Inc 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tipton Transmission Plant 677 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tipton Hospital 319 FTE
CITY-NEAR Park 100 Foods Tipton 243 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indiana University HealthTipton Hospital 201 FTE
NAT-TCR Food Giant #531 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR HG235 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 050294-Arcadia Po 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 036771-Prescott Po 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oakmont of Villa Capri 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5472-NAI-0034-0034-02397 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE RAM Camp 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6075 Scarborough RTS 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: 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.