Plumbing and heating contractors · Michigan

Mall City Mechanical

Kalamazoo, MI · ~200 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mall City Mechanical runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Mall City Mechanical: 4.3 TCR = 153% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mall City Mechanical safety composite

Mall City Mechanical scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−6.0

2016→2023

Mall City Mechanical injury rate improved

Mall City Mechanical's TCR fell 6.0 from 7.5 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.5 · 2018=4.4 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 153% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #96/153
  • PHOTO Casa Mechanical Serv…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~200 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Casa Mechanical Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mall City Mechanical in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mall City Mechanical averages 4.3 TCR (153% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Mall City Mechanical TCR series: 2016=7.5 · 2018=4.4 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=1.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Mall City Mechanical falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #96 safest of 153 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Michigan.

Mall City Mechanical (200 employees, TCR 4.3) 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 Mall City Mechanical
Mall City Mechanical (200 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Mall City Mechanical has more employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors 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
2023 1.5 1.5 4 0 0
2022 3.7 3.2 8 0 0
2018 4.4 1.9 7 0 0
2016 7.5 3.7 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MI · Kalamazoo

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, MI · 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 Casa Mechanical Services 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR J.E.S. Plumbing & Heating Corp. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR XL FIRE PROTECTION - NV 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR John L. Carter Sprinkler Co., Inc. 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grand Rapids Bouma Corporation 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mid-American Group 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flexco Grand Rapids-Walker 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE AAM-Oxford Manufacturing Facility 200 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronson Methodist Hospital 4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road 3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments 2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIKAL1 2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR Beck Wholesale Parts 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Effingham Il Industrial 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Elrods Cost Plus #2 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR W.F. Norman Corp 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dartmouth Printing Company 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Life Care Center of Charleston 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific Rim 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mt. Vernon Township High School 200 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: 2023, 2022, 2018, 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.