Mechanical contractors · Michigan

W. Soule & Co.

Portage, MI · ~403 workers · 2 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

W. Soule & Co. runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

W. Soule & Co.: 1.9 TCR = 68% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

W. Soule & Co. safety composite

W. Soule & Co. 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−0.4

2016→2017

W. Soule & Co. injury rate improved

W. Soule & Co.'s TCR fell 0.4 from 2.1 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.1 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 68% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #48/153
  • PHOTO GTPD
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~403 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GTPD (0.0 TCR gap)

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W. Soule & Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows W. Soule & Co. averages 1.9 TCR (68% 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 & Co. TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=1.7 · BLS 2.8

Where W. Soule & Co. falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical 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 Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 153 Mechanical contractors employers in Michigan.

W. Soule & Co. (403 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate W. Soule & Co.
W. Soule & Co. (403 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

W. Soule & Co. 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
2017 1.7 0.5 7 0 0
2016 2.1 0.2 9 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 GTPD 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR NASHVILLE MACHINE COMPANY, INC. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bay Climate Control & Refrigeration, LLC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Standard Plumbing and Heating, LLC. 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pontiac Metal Center 403 FTE
STATE-SIZE CCA Flint 403 FTE
STATE-SIZE PENNOCK HOSPITAL - MICHIGAN 403 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shanty Creek Resort 403 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 Mohawk Spring 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbia Distributing Medford 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Save - Kapaa 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR John Bean Technologies Corporation RDU 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE CN Irvine 403 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holt Building 403 FTE
NAT-SIZE Van Duyn Center 403 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1st Street Clinic 403 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: 2017, 2016. 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.