Air vent installation · Illinois

DeKalb Mechanical, Inc.

Dekalb, IL · ~44 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DeKalb Mechanical, Inc. runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Air vent installation workplace, earning a grade B.

DeKalb Mechanical, Inc.: 1.8 TCR = 65% of Air vent installation BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DeKalb Mechanical, Inc. safety composite

DeKalb Mechanical, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

Rising injury rate

DeKalb Mechanical, Inc.: 0.0 → 2.4 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 7.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.3× in 2024

DeKalb Mechanical, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Dekalb, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 65% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #97/230
  • PHOTO Slagle Mechanical Co…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Slagle Mechanical Contractors (0.0 TCR gap)

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DeKalb Mechanical, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DeKalb Mechanical, Inc. averages 1.8 TCR (65% of the Air vent installation BLS benchmark).

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

DeKalb Mechanical, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 2.8

Where DeKalb Mechanical, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Air vent installation establishments

Safer than 72% 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 #97 safest of 230 Air vent installation employers in Illinois.

DeKalb Mechanical, Inc. (44 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 DeKalb Mechanical, Inc.
DeKalb Mechanical, Inc. (44 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

DeKalb Mechanical, Inc. has fewer employees than the Air vent installation 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 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2023 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.6 7.6 3 0 0
2019 4.2 2.1 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IL · Dekalb

5,793 Air vent installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 Slagle Mechanical Contractors 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Economy Plumbing & Sheet Metal LLC dba Economy Plumbing & Air Conditioning 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CDI Industrial and Mechanical Contractors, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Silicon Valley Mechanical 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Main Office 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2570-Thomasboro, IL (Monsanto Co.) 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative Paxton Headquarters 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastern Illini Elec. Coop. Paxton Heaquarters 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
NAT-TCR Barnes Aerospace West Chester Division 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dart Container Quitman 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Economy Plumbing & Sheet Metal LLC dba Economy Plumbing & Air Conditioning 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR YKK (USA) Inc. Snap and Button Products 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Parks - Operations 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE R. J. Corman Signaling Company, LLC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE WESSC West Shore Service Center 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE NCO 44 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.

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