Mechanical contractors · Ohio

Sauer Group Mid-West

Columbus, OH · ~262 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Sauer Group Mid-West runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Sauer Group Mid-West: 2.7 TCR = 98% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sauer Group Mid-West safety composite

Sauer Group Mid-West scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−1.9

2016→2020

Sauer Group Mid-West injury rate improved

Sauer Group Mid-West's TCR fell 1.9 from 3.9 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.9 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 98% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #149/300
  • PHOTO FRESH MEADOW CHILLER…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~262 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FRESH MEADOW CHILLER SERVICES, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Ohio employers → · Look up another →

Sauer Group Mid-West in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sauer Group Mid-West averages 2.7 TCR (98% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Sauer Group Mid-West TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=2 · BLS 2.8

Where Sauer Group Mid-West falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #149 safest of 300 Mechanical contractors employers in Ohio.

Sauer Group Mid-West (262 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 0100200300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sauer Group Mid-West
Sauer Group Mid-West (262 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Sauer Group Mid-West 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
2020 2.0 0.7 6 0 0
2019 1.5 0.5 6 0 0
2018 2.5 1.8 7 0 0
2017 3.8 0.9 7 1 0
2016 3.9 0.5 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · OH · Columbus

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, OH · 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 FRESH MEADOW CHILLER SERVICES, LLC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR MK HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING, INC. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bay City Mechanical Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lakes Heating 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sanoh America - Mt. Vernon Plant 262 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reinhart - Cincinnati - 0572 262 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meijer Stores Limited Partnership 262 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 5387 262 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital 13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus 10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverside Methodist Hospital 9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1 5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR Construction 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR WS Packaging Group, Inc. - Knoxville 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : BNA3 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR aersale 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Aedd LLC 262 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haemonetics Puerto Rico, LLC 262 FTE
NAT-SIZE Interbake Foods LLC 262 FTE
NAT-SIZE Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering PLLC 262 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: 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.