Chimney, brick, block or stone, contractors · New York

James McGowan & Son Masonry, Inc.

Name: James McGowan & Son Masonry, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Kingston, NY · ~40 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

James McGowan & Son Masonry, Inc. runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chimney, brick, block or stone, contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

James McGowan & Son Masonry, Inc.: 2.3 TCR = 82% of Chimney, brick, block or stone, contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

James McGowan & Son Masonry, Inc. safety composite

James McGowan & Son Masonry, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: F 8.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

James McGowan & Son Masonry, Inc.: 0.0 → 8.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 11.8 TCR · DART/TCR 3.85× in 2024

James McGowan & Son Masonry, Inc.'s TCR rose 8.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 8.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 3.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238140 · Kingston, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 82% of ind

DART 8.8 DART
RANK #8/29
PHOTO North Carolina - 03
BOOK 9y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: North Carolina - 03 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows James McGowan & Son Masonry, Inc. averages 2.3 TCR (82% of the Chimney, brick, block or stone, contractors BLS benchmark).

James McGowan & Son Masonry, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=11.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=8.8 · BLS 2.8

Where James McGowan & Son Masonry, Inc. falls in its industry

703 Chimney, brick, block or stone establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 29 Chimney, brick, block or stone employers in New York.

James McGowan & Son Masonry, Inc. (40 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9

James McGowan & Son Masonry, Inc. has fewer employees than the Chimney, brick, block or stone, contract median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2024	8.8	8.8	1
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	11.8	11.8	2
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238140 · NY · Kingston

703 Chimney, brick, block or stone, contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 91 employers in Kingston, NY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	North Carolina - 03	CHARLOTTE, NC	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BD&D Specialty Fabrication & Machine LLC	CURWENSVILLE, PA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Complete Restoration & Waterproofing, Inc.	SALISBURY, MA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CSI SE	POMPANO BEACH, FL	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Bilow Farms, LLC	MALONE	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Farm	FABIUS	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Constantine Construction and Farm, Inc.	LOUDONVILLE	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Burrows Bros. Inc.	WEBSTER	40 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2504	Kingston	402 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2504	Kingston	384 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kingston	Kingston	335 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Unlimited Care, Inc. Kingston, NY	Kingston	307 FTE
NAT-TCR	Thieman Manufacturing Technologies	Ellenboro, NC	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sun Chemical Frankfort NAI	Frankfort, IN	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cobb EMC	Marietta, GA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	1014 - BELFOR Atlanta GA	Tucker, GA	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Fortenberry & Ricks, LLC	Telluride, CO	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	J M Electric	Salinas, CA	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MCK-SWIT-MCKINNEY	Mckinney, TX	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mesa Region Six	Mesa, AZ	40 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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