Mechanical contractors · Iowa

Mechanical Comfort, Inc.

Ames, IA · ~27 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mechanical Comfort, Inc. runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Mechanical Comfort, Inc.: 2.9 TCR = 102% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mechanical Comfort, Inc. safety composite

Mechanical Comfort, 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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%).

Mechanical Comfort, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Mechanical Comfort, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=0.0 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 102% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #43/94
  • PHOTO HUMPHREY MECHANICAL,…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HUMPHREY MECHANICAL, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mechanical Comfort, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mechanical Comfort, Inc. averages 2.9 TCR (102% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Mechanical Comfort, Inc. TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Mechanical Comfort, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 55% 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 #43 safest of 94 Mechanical contractors employers in Iowa.

Mechanical Comfort, Inc. (27 employees, TCR 2.9) 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 Mechanical Comfort, Inc.
Mechanical Comfort, Inc. (27 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Mechanical Comfort, Inc. has fewer 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 7.3 3.6 2 0 0
2022 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IA · Ames

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 170 employers in Ames, 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 HUMPHREY MECHANICAL, INC. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MBI HVAC Inc 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blackmon Service, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Culligan-Marlette 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2520-Storm Lake, IA (Monsanto Co.) 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Treatment Plant 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quality Construction Services, Inc. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Weitz Company - Mission Critical - Microsoft DSM 14 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISU - University Wide 13,316 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISU - On Campus 12,527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mary Greeley Medical Center- Main Hospital 1,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mary Greeley Medical Center 1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR Seacrest Assisted Living 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 70594 Capstone - Adusa Sp Mauldin Sc 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR JJID, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 299 - West Bend WI 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Citrus Plus Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wind River Environmental - Kennett Square, PA 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oviedo Medical Center - EVS 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE GSeay, Inc. 27 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. 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.