Air system balancing and testing · Kentucky

Suter Mechanical, Inc.

Lexington, KY · ~25 workers · 5 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

Suter Mechanical, Inc. runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Air system balancing and testing workplace, earning a grade D.

Suter Mechanical, Inc.: 5.2 TCR = 186% of Air system balancing and testing BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Suter Mechanical, Inc. safety composite

Suter Mechanical, Inc. 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 5.22 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

−3.9

2019→2024

Suter Mechanical, Inc. injury rate improved

Suter Mechanical, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.9 from 3.9 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.9 · 2020=10.0 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Lexington, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 186% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #60/79
  • PHOTO RHD Plumbing, Inc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RHD Plumbing, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Suter Mechanical, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Suter Mechanical, Inc. averages 5.2 TCR (186% of the Air system balancing and testing BLS benchmark).

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

Suter Mechanical, Inc. TCR series: 2019=3.9 · 2020=10 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Suter Mechanical, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Air system balancing and testi establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #60 safest of 79 Air system balancing and testi employers in Kentucky.

Suter Mechanical, Inc. (25 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 Suter Mechanical, Inc.
Suter Mechanical, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Suter Mechanical, Inc. has fewer employees than the Air system balancing and testing 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 8.1 4.0 2 0 0
2022 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2020 10.0 0.0 2 0 0
2019 3.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · KY · Lexington

5,793 Air system balancing and testing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 652 employers in Lexington, KY · 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 RHD Plumbing, Inc 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Any Hour, LLC 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Airtron Raleigh 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Service Specialist LLC 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Murdock Farms Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lane's End Farm Oak Tree Division 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henderson Municipal Gas 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wescott Construction 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Kentucky - Main Campus - Fayette County 11,013 FTE
CITY-NEAR UK Healthcare 9,922 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central KY - Gatton Beaumont 3,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central Ky - High Street 3,895 FTE
NAT-TCR 1348 - Worcester 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 2240 - Nashville West 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 2231 - Wheeling 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1539 - Shiloh 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Home Depot Whitestown 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Element by Westin Minneapolis Downtown North Loop 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE USPI - Bristol Ambulatory Surgery Center 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE PFT 25 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, 2020, 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.