Process piping installation · Minnesota

Mechanical Systems Inc Field

Fairfax, MN · ~34 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mechanical Systems Inc Field runs at 220% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Process piping installation workplace, earning a grade F.

Mechanical Systems Inc Field: 6.2 TCR = 220% of Process piping installation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mechanical Systems Inc Field safety composite

Mechanical Systems Inc Field scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Mechanical Systems Inc Field: 4.8 → 7.5 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.4× in 2022

Mechanical Systems Inc Field's TCR rose 2.7 from 4.8 in 2021 to 7.5 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Fairfax, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 220% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #85/153
  • PHOTO Zimmerman Plumbing, …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Zimmerman Plumbing, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mechanical Systems Inc Field in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mechanical Systems Inc Field averages 6.2 TCR (220% of the Process piping installation BLS benchmark).

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

Mechanical Systems Inc Field TCR series: 2021=4.8 · 2022=7.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Mechanical Systems Inc Field falls in its industry

5,793 Process piping installation establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #85 safest of 153 Process piping installation employers in Minnesota.

Mechanical Systems Inc Field (34 employees, TCR 6.2) 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 Systems Inc Field
Mechanical Systems Inc Field (34 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Mechanical Systems Inc Field has fewer employees than the Process piping installation 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
2022 7.5 2.5 3 0 0
2021 4.8 2.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MN · Fairfax

5,793 Process piping installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 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 Zimmerman Plumbing, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Michael A. Ferrauilo Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR B&S Plumbing Heating & Cooling 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Infinity Plumbing Designs, Inc 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE KBQ, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Daybreak Foods, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Forsman Farms SH 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Klaphake Feed Mill Inc. 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mechanical Systems Inc Fairfax 32 FTE
NAT-TCR Setco Automotive, N.A., Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SouthernCarlson - Charlotte 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Utex Industries, Inc. Mansfield 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Expeditors International of Washington - STL 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Apollo Metals, Ltd. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eaton Metal Products 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clayton OH 34 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: 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.