Plumbing and heating contractors · Ohio

Wat-Kem Mechanical, Inc.

Troy, OH · ~55 workers · 6 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

Wat-Kem Mechanical, Inc. runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Wat-Kem Mechanical, Inc.: 1.9 TCR = 68% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wat-Kem Mechanical, Inc. safety composite

Wat-Kem Mechanical, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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

−1.8

2018→2024

Wat-Kem Mechanical, Inc. injury rate improved

Wat-Kem Mechanical, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Troy, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 68% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #95/300
  • PHOTO Fire Tech Systems, I…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fire Tech Systems, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wat-Kem Mechanical, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wat-Kem Mechanical, Inc. averages 1.9 TCR (68% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Wat-Kem Mechanical, Inc. TCR series: 2018=1.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=2 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Wat-Kem Mechanical, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 71% 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 #95 safest of 300 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Ohio.

Wat-Kem Mechanical, Inc. (55 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Wat-Kem Mechanical, Inc.
Wat-Kem Mechanical, Inc. (55 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Wat-Kem Mechanical, Inc. has fewer employees than the Plumbing and heating 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2022 5.8 3.8 3 0 0
2021 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.8 1.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · OH · Troy

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 89 employers in Troy, 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 Fire Tech Systems, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR GULF STATES PLUMBING & MECHANICAL, INC. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Air System Services, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Great Dane 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE IGS Solar 6100 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dolan Lab 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Backbone Power Systems LLC 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus NE Service Center 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Troy Plant 1,433 FTE
CITY-NEAR Upper Valley Medical Center 1,046 FTE
CITY-NEAR F and P America, Troy 1,005 FTE
CITY-NEAR Troy, OH 875 FTE
NAT-TCR USA Custom Pad Corp 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Jabil Healthcare - Reprocessing 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bates Electric Inc 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Gaines County Harvesters, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Trinity Surfaces Ocala 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1262 PYP Wilmington 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bridges by Epoch at Sudbury 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gateway 55 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, 2020, 2018. 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.