Mechanical contractors · California

Desert Mechanical Inc

Sylmar, CA · ~67 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Desert Mechanical Inc runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Desert Mechanical Inc: 2.7 TCR = 97% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Desert Mechanical Inc safety composite

Desert Mechanical Inc 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−4.4

2019→2024

Desert Mechanical Inc injury rate improved

Desert Mechanical Inc's TCR fell 4.4 from 4.4 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.4 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=10.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Sylmar, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 97% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #210/594
  • PHOTO Cullum Mechanical Co…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Desert Mechanical Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Desert Mechanical Inc averages 2.7 TCR (97% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Desert Mechanical Inc TCR series: 2019=4.4 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=10.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Desert Mechanical Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #210 safest of 594 Mechanical contractors employers in California.

Desert Mechanical Inc (67 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 Desert Mechanical Inc
Desert Mechanical Inc (67 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Desert Mechanical Inc 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 10.5 8.6 11 0 0
2020 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2019 4.4 4.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Sylmar

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 112 employers in Sylmar, CA · 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 Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR WL Gary Co INC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR CONSTELLATION HOME PRODUCTS & SERVICES, LLC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Wall St. 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sonoma GVIC Ranches 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE MUGU RANCH PARTNERSHIP 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Travaille and Phippen, Inc. 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nurseries 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Olive View-UCLA Medical Center 2,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR CRM Sylmar CA 1,331 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 405 1,319 FTE
CITY-NEAR CN Sylmar 1,270 FTE
NAT-TCR 18440 NE San Rafael 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR S07503 - WM of Dallas Metroplex MRF 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Century Mold-NY 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Dilley & Soloman Logging 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Washington Crths 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. - Gps 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Container, LLC. Building 1 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richmond, VA Office 67 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.