Plumbing contractors · Illinois

DW Mechanical inc.

Hoffman Estates, IL · ~45 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DW Mechanical inc. runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plumbing contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

DW Mechanical inc.: 0.6 TCR = 23% of Plumbing contractors BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DW Mechanical inc. safety composite

DW Mechanical inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% 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%).

DW Mechanical inc. held a steady TCR band

DW Mechanical inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 23% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #26/230
  • PHOTO Mesa - Ventura
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mesa - Ventura (0.0 TCR gap)

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DW Mechanical inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DW Mechanical inc. averages 0.6 TCR (23% of the Plumbing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

DW Mechanical inc. TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where DW Mechanical inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing contractors establishments

Safer than 94% 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 #26 safest of 230 Plumbing contractors employers in Illinois.

DW Mechanical inc. (45 employees, TCR 0.6) 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 DW Mechanical inc.
DW Mechanical inc. (45 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

DW Mechanical inc. has fewer employees than the Plumbing 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 2.6 2.6 2 0 0
2022 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IL · Hoffman Estates

5,793 Plumbing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 88 employers in Hoffman Estates, 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 Mesa - Ventura 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR All Temperature Service Air Conditioning Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carrier Commercial Services (Ashburn) 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR W. W. Gay Mechanical Contractor, Inc. 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1982.1-Stonington, IL-Mfg (Monsanto Co.) 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmer City 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE 91P - Distribution Operating - Decatur 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Sparta 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR CDK - Hoffman 1,595 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILARL009 ASCENSION HEALTH ST ALEXIUS MEDICAL CENTER 1,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-ILARL009 1,567 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hoffman Estates Remote 673 FTE
NAT-TCR Monroeville Distribution Center 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 304401 - Montgomery County Janitorial/ Reibold 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Soltech, Sprinfield TN 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Richmond, VA - 1500 Robin Hood Rd 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wilson Terminal 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tuscaloosa Lumber Remanufacturing, Inc. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE BU 157 Indiana 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Construction 45 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. 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.