HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors · Iowa

Dickerson Mechanical, Inc.

Colfax, IA · ~23 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dickerson Mechanical, Inc. runs at 196% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Dickerson Mechanical, Inc.: 5.5 TCR = 196% of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dickerson Mechanical, Inc. safety composite

Dickerson Mechanical, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−14.1

2016→2024

Dickerson Mechanical, Inc. injury rate improved

Dickerson Mechanical, Inc.'s TCR fell 14.1 from 14.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 14.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.1 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=10.4 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=7.6 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Colfax, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 196% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #64/94
  • PHOTO Schrader Mechanical,…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Schrader Mechanical, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dickerson Mechanical, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dickerson Mechanical, Inc. averages 5.5 TCR (196% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Dickerson Mechanical, Inc. TCR series: 2016=14.1 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=10.4 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=7.6 · 2022=4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Dickerson Mechanical, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 30% 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 #64 safest of 94 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Iowa.

Dickerson Mechanical, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 5.5) 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 Dickerson Mechanical, Inc.
Dickerson Mechanical, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Dickerson Mechanical, Inc. has fewer employees than the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-condi 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2021 7.6 0.0 2 0 0
2020 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2019 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2018 10.4 5.2 2 0 0
2017 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2016 14.1 4.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IA · Colfax

5,793 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 3 employers in Colfax, 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 Schrader Mechanical, Inc 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cookeville Heating & Cooling, LLC 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 970 Park St 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ocala Heating & Air Conditioning, LLC 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Remsen Farmers Coop 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE M L Kapp Power Station 2 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marshalltown Gen Station 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Ames - Electric Distribution 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR FAREWAY STORES, INC. 212 COLFAX 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Colfax 25 FTE
NAT-TCR West Central Conservancy District 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Wayside Nurseries Inc 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mentor 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Charms 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Northside #068 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE HBT Construction of Arizona, Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE IHG Army Hotels - Fort Buchanan (Holiday Inn Express/Army Lodging) 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Roseville DPW/Mechanics 23 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.