Mechanical contractors · Alabama

Parkes Mechanical & Metals, Inc

Muscle Shoals, AL · ~96 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Parkes Mechanical & Metals, Inc runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Parkes Mechanical & Metals, Inc: 1.3 TCR = 48% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Parkes Mechanical & Metals, Inc safety composite

Parkes Mechanical & Metals, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

Parkes Mechanical & Metals, Inc: 2.0 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.62× in 2024

Parkes Mechanical & Metals, Inc's TCR rose 1.3 from 2.0 in 2021 to 3.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Muscle Shoals, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 48% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #25/85
  • PHOTO Process Solutions
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Process Solutions (0.0 TCR gap)

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Parkes Mechanical & Metals, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Parkes Mechanical & Metals, Inc averages 1.3 TCR (48% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Parkes Mechanical & Metals, Inc TCR series: 2021=2 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Parkes Mechanical & Metals, Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 85 Mechanical contractors employers in Alabama.

Parkes Mechanical & Metals, Inc (96 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 Parkes Mechanical & Metals, Inc
Parkes Mechanical & Metals, Inc (96 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Parkes Mechanical & Metals, Inc has more 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 3.3 0.8 4 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.0 2.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · AL · Muscle Shoals

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 63 employers in Muscle Shoals, AL · 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 Process Solutions 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ahern Omaha 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR J AND H HEATING INC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR HCL Mechanical Services, LLC 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tridelta Systems, Abbeville, AL 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Evergreen Siteworks LLC 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Steel Fabrication 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Futaba Corporation of America 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR North American Lighting - Muscle Shoals 1,616 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAL MUSCLE SHOALS PLANT 1,610 FTE
CITY-NEAR North American Lighting - Alabama 1,488 FTE
CITY-NEAR Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC - Alloys Operations 1,113 FTE
NAT-TCR T Enterprises, Inc. - Denver 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR KSE SPORTSMAN MEDIA INC - Harrisburg, PA 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Roy Rogers Front Royal 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Hollywood Presby Med Ctr Trans 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fireside Auburn 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Longhorn Fabrication , Inc. 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE 601 Wall Street 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE 12667 - Euclid 96 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.