Low voltage electrical work · Texas

C. F. McDonald Electric, Inc.

Houston, TX · ~209 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

C. F. McDonald Electric, Inc. runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Low voltage electrical work workplace, earning a grade B.

C. F. McDonald Electric, Inc.: 1.8 TCR = 64% of Low voltage electrical work BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

C. F. McDonald Electric, Inc. safety composite

C. F. McDonald Electric, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−1.3

2017→2024

C. F. McDonald Electric, Inc. injury rate improved

C. F. McDonald Electric, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.3 from 2.5 in 2017 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.5 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 64% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #198/424
  • PHOTO ESU
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~209 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ESU (0.0 TCR gap)

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C. F. McDonald Electric, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows C. F. McDonald Electric, Inc. averages 1.8 TCR (64% of the Low voltage electrical work BLS benchmark).

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

C. F. McDonald Electric, Inc. TCR series: 2017=2.5 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 2.8

Where C. F. McDonald Electric, Inc. falls in its industry

4,550 Low voltage electrical work establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #198 safest of 424 Low voltage electrical work employers in Texas.

C. F. McDonald Electric, Inc. (209 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate C. F. McDonald Electric, Inc.
C. F. McDonald Electric, Inc. (209 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

C. F. McDonald Electric, Inc. has more employees than the Low voltage electrical work median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 1.1 1.1 2 0 0
2017 2.5 1.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · TX · Houston

4,550 Low voltage electrical work employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 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 ESU 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sequoyah Electric 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hylan Datacom & Electrical 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MATROS AUTOMATED ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CORP. 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gulf Coast an Oldcastle Company 209 FTE
STATE-SIZE Urban Infraconstruction, LLC 209 FTE
STATE-SIZE M-Tech Austin 209 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chamberlin Dallas LLC 209 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR North Central College 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Wahl Clipper Corporation 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Elixson Wood Products, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 279 - Manistee MI 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 274 - Grafton WI 209 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sterling Wisconsin LLC 209 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mooresville, NC 209 FTE
NAT-SIZE NHK Spring Precision of America 209 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, 2017. 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.