Plumbing and heating contractors · Iowa

Day Mechanical Systems, Inc.

Cedar Rapids, IA · ~61 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Day Mechanical Systems, Inc. runs at 116% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Day Mechanical Systems, Inc.: 3.3 TCR = 116% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Day Mechanical Systems, Inc. safety composite

Day Mechanical Systems, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

−1.4

2017→2023

Day Mechanical Systems, Inc. injury rate improved

Day Mechanical Systems, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.4 from 4.9 in 2017 to 3.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.9 · 2019=0.2 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Cedar Rapids, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 116% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #49/94
  • PHOTO The Smith & Oby Comp…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Smith & Oby Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Day Mechanical Systems, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Day Mechanical Systems, Inc. averages 3.3 TCR (116% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Day Mechanical Systems, Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.9 · 2019=0.2 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=2 · 2023=3.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Day Mechanical Systems, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 51% 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 #49 safest of 94 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Iowa.

Day Mechanical Systems, Inc. (61 employees, TCR 3.3) 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 Day Mechanical Systems, Inc.
Day Mechanical Systems, Inc. (61 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Day Mechanical Systems, Inc. has more employees than the Plumbing and heating 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
2023 3.6 3.6 2 0 0
2022 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 6.8 2.3 3 0 0
2020 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2019 0.2 0.0 2 0 0
2017 4.9 1.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IA · Cedar Rapids

5,793 Plumbing and heating 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 The Smith & Oby Company 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Emergency Plumbing Service 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hiller Los Angeles 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR FLVM, LLC D/B/A Bullman Mechanical 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Slater P&S 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Humboldt Headquarters 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Council Bluffs Service Center 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sande Construction 61 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 Zapata Construction New York 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Shady Grove Family YMCA 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Regan Elementary School 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Zuber Farms LLC 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cambridge Specialty Company, Inc. 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seaboard Foods Lp Cell 2/4 Loadout 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE DSC Poplarville 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Korman Signs Inc. 61 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.