Air vent installation · Illinois

DCS Mechanical, Inc.

Aurora, IL · ~63 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DCS Mechanical, Inc. runs at 206% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Air vent installation workplace, earning a grade F.

DCS Mechanical, Inc.: 5.8 TCR = 206% of Air vent installation BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DCS Mechanical, Inc. safety composite

DCS Mechanical, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−15.8

2019→2024

DCS Mechanical, Inc. injury rate improved

DCS Mechanical, Inc.'s TCR fell 15.8 from 17.2 in 2019 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 17.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=17.2 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Aurora, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.8 · 206% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #191/230
  • PHOTO Hampton Mechanical, …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hampton Mechanical, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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DCS Mechanical, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DCS Mechanical, Inc. averages 5.8 TCR (206% of the Air vent installation BLS benchmark).

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

DCS Mechanical, Inc. TCR series: 2019=17.2 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 2.8

Where DCS Mechanical, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Air vent installation establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #191 safest of 230 Air vent installation employers in Illinois.

DCS Mechanical, Inc. (63 employees, TCR 5.8) 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 DCS Mechanical, Inc.
DCS Mechanical, Inc. (63 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

DCS Mechanical, Inc. has more employees than the Air vent installation 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
2024 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2021 5.5 5.5 3 0 0
2020 7.3 7.3 4 0 0
2019 17.2 7.4 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IL · Aurora

5,793 Air vent installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 325 employers in Aurora, IL · 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 Hampton Mechanical, Inc. 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Residential Services 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Air Stream Air Conditioning Corporation 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cincinnati 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-STC 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hinsdale Nurseries, Inc. Plano 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE 40L - IL Relay & Ops 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water/Public Works, Public Utiities 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indian Prairie School District 204 3,309 FTE
CITY-NEAR Factor Aurora 2,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rush Copley Medical Center, Inc. 2,163 FTE
CITY-NEAR ANDY FRAIN SERVICES INC 2,100 FTE
NAT-TCR Mueller Copper Tube Company 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Chattanooga TN FXFE-CHA 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlanta Shop GA FXFE-ATLS 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR A.D.Bowman & Son Lumber Co.,Inc 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Community Education 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carfair Composites USA. Inc 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Somerset -Varga 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wst Fab 63 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. 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.