Plumbing contractors · Illinois

Norman Mechanical Inc

Elgin, IL · ~144 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Norman Mechanical Inc runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Plumbing contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Norman Mechanical Inc: 1.9 TCR = 69% of Plumbing contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norman Mechanical Inc safety composite

Norman Mechanical Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

Norman Mechanical Inc: 1.4 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2023

Norman Mechanical Inc's TCR rose 1.1 from 1.4 in 2019 to 2.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Elgin, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 69% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #103/230
  • PHOTO Houston Establishment
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~144 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Houston Establishment (0.0 TCR gap)

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Norman Mechanical Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Norman Mechanical Inc averages 1.9 TCR (69% of the Plumbing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Norman Mechanical Inc TCR series: 2019=1.4 · 2022=2 · 2023=2.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Norman Mechanical Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing contractors establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #103 safest of 230 Plumbing contractors employers in Illinois.

Norman Mechanical Inc (144 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 Norman Mechanical Inc
Norman Mechanical Inc (144 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Norman Mechanical Inc has more employees than the Plumbing 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
2023 2.5 0.8 3 0 0
2022 2.0 1.3 3 0 0
2019 1.4 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IL · Elgin

5,793 Plumbing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 250 employers in Elgin, IL · 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 Houston Establishment 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Storer Equipment 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Garrett Mechanical, Inc. - - San Antonio 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Systems Contractors, LLC 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Muller Pinehurst Dairy Inc 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE A&R Mechanical Contractors 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Suter Company, Inc. (May) 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kingery Printing Company 144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Sherman Hospital 1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son 987 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Elgin 986 FTE
CITY-NEAR American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin 774 FTE
NAT-TCR USM Store #513 (United) 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Chemours New Johnsonville 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #0808 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2034 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fiesta # 71 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Care Center 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE AdventHealth Care Center Zephyrhills North 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fiesta # 14 144 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, 2019. 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.