Industrial process piping installation · Minnesota

Mechanical Systems Inc Ottertail

Ottertail, MN · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mechanical Systems Inc Ottertail runs at 372% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Industrial process piping installation workplace, earning a grade F.

Mechanical Systems Inc Ottertail: 10.4 TCR = 372% of Industrial process piping installation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mechanical Systems Inc Ottertail safety composite

Mechanical Systems Inc Ottertail scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−2.9

2023→2024

Mechanical Systems Inc Ottertail injury rate improved

Mechanical Systems Inc Ottertail's TCR fell 2.9 from 11.8 in 2023 to 9.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=11.8 · 2024=9.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 372% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #127/153
  • PHOTO Puyallup Heating
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Puyallup Heating (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mechanical Systems Inc Ottertail in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mechanical Systems Inc Ottertail averages 10.4 TCR (372% of the Industrial 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 Ottertail TCR series: 2023=11.8 · 2024=9 · BLS 2.8

Where Mechanical Systems Inc Ottertail falls in its industry

5,793 Industrial process piping inst establishments

Safer than 9% 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 #127 safest of 153 Industrial process piping inst employers in Minnesota.

Mechanical Systems Inc Ottertail (22 employees, TCR 10.4) 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 Ottertail
Mechanical Systems Inc Ottertail (22 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Mechanical Systems Inc Ottertail has fewer employees than the Industrial 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
2024 9.0 0.0 2 0 0
2023 11.8 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MN · Ottertail

5,793 Industrial process piping installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 6 employers in Ottertail, MN · 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 Puyallup Heating 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Broussard Mechanical 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bay Cities Furnace, DBA Adeedo, DBA Reliance Home Service,DBA Service Champions 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Applewood Plumbing, Heating, & Electric 10.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sunrise Dairy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silverstreak Dairy LLC, Greenstreak Dairy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dassel 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carrs Tree Service - Ottertail 141 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thumper Pond Resort 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hilltop Lumber Ottertail 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR 10 Sheriff's Operations Center 34 FTE
NAT-TCR Barro's Pizza, Goodyear 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Discover Goodwill of Southern and Western Colorado- Possibilities 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR TNM002 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR TXC005 10.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Home Care Specialists Inc Concord 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diversified Resources, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE IV & Claridge Construction 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Small's Trucking LLC 22 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.