Mechanical contractors · Michigan

W. Soule and Compnany

Portage, MI · ~565 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

W. Soule and Compnany runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

W. Soule and Compnany: 1.7 TCR = 62% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

W. Soule and Compnany safety composite

W. Soule and Compnany scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.84 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

W. Soule and Compnany: 1.5 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.48× in 2024

W. Soule and Compnany's TCR rose 0.5 from 1.5 in 2022 to 2.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Portage, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 62% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #44/153
  • PHOTO Custom Mechanical Co…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~565 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Custom Mechanical Construction, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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W. Soule and Compnany in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows W. Soule and Compnany averages 1.7 TCR (62% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

W. Soule and Compnany TCR series: 2022=1.5 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=2 · BLS 2.8

Where W. Soule and Compnany falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 153 Mechanical contractors employers in Michigan.

W. Soule and Compnany (565 employees, TCR 1.7) 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate W. Soule and Compnany
W. Soule and Compnany (565 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

W. Soule and Compnany 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 2.0 0.8 12 0 0
2023 1.7 0.5 10 0 0
2022 1.5 0.4 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MI · Portage

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 136 employers in Portage, MI · 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 Custom Mechanical Construction, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Campbell, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0D26 - DETROIT FIRE 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ehret, Inc. 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 4002 - TPG/PBS (inc 4009) 565 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mt Clemens Axalta Coating Systems 566 FTE
STATE-SIZE BCN HQ - The Commons 566 FTE
STATE-SIZE CTR FOR FORENSIC PSYCH - DHHS 563 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments - 1941 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Medical 2,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summit Polymers, Inc. 1,619 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Corporation Shared Services 768 FTE
NAT-TCR Cedar Rapids Wet Mill 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Chickasaw County Courthouse 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR FedEx Supply Chain Fort Worth Gateway 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Deerfield Construction Group, LLC 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE North Albany Operating Hqtrs-Ny01 565 FTE
NAT-SIZE ICU Medical Inc. 565 FTE
NAT-SIZE Omni Dallas Hotel 565 FTE
NAT-SIZE LAX-GH 565 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. 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.