Mechanical contractors · Iowa

Midwestern Mechanical - IA

Spencer, IA · ~68 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwestern Mechanical - IA runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Midwestern Mechanical - IA: 5.2 TCR = 186% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwestern Mechanical - IA safety composite

Midwestern Mechanical - IA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−2.5

2016→2021

Midwestern Mechanical - IA injury rate improved

Midwestern Mechanical - IA's TCR fell 2.5 from 5.3 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=10.2 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 186% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #61/94
  • PHOTO Service Specialist LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Service Specialist LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwestern Mechanical - IA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwestern Mechanical - IA averages 5.2 TCR (186% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Midwestern Mechanical - IA TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=10.2 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=2.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Midwestern Mechanical - IA falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 32% 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 #61 safest of 94 Mechanical contractors employers in Iowa.

Midwestern Mechanical - IA (68 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 Midwestern Mechanical - IA
Midwestern Mechanical - IA (68 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Midwestern Mechanical - IA has more employees than the Mechanical 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
2021 2.8 0.0 2 0 0
2020 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2019 10.2 2.9 7 0 0
2018 10.1 1.4 7 0 0
2017 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2016 5.3 0.0 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IA · Spencer

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 44 employers in Spencer, 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 Service Specialist LLC 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Covington 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR RRSC Ft. Lauderdale 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR One Bounce Golf 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kirkman Farms, LLP 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rathbun Regional Water Association 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lakeside Contractors LLC 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE CKF Urbandale 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arnold Motor Supply 764 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spencer Hospital 516 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spencer Municipal Hospital 515 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2714 221 FTE
NAT-TCR Clark County Washington 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Corporate Office & Warehouse 3 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Nickles-Martins Ferry 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Drury Inn & Suites - Phoenix Tempe 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE One Point/Corporate Environments 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Applewood Living Center 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE East Side at Old Galveston Road 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solano Garbage Company 68 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.