Bridge painting · Michigan

John A. Papalas & Co.

Lincoln Park, MI · ~65 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

John A. Papalas & Co. runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bridge painting workplace, earning a grade A.

John A. Papalas & Co.: 0.5 TCR = 19% of Bridge painting BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

John A. Papalas & Co. safety composite

John A. Papalas & Co. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

John A. Papalas & Co. held a steady TCR band

John A. Papalas & Co.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238320 · Lincoln Park, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 19% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/14
  • PHOTO McGowan Painting Con…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: McGowan Painting Contractors of Greenville, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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John A. Papalas & Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows John A. Papalas & Co. averages 0.5 TCR (19% of the Bridge painting BLS benchmark).

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

John A. Papalas & Co. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=0 · BLS 2.8

Where John A. Papalas & Co. falls in its industry

582 Bridge painting establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 14 Bridge painting employers in Michigan.

John A. Papalas & Co. (65 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 John A. Papalas & Co.
John A. Papalas & Co. (65 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8

John A. Papalas & Co. has more employees than the Bridge painting median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238320 · MI · Lincoln Park

582 Bridge painting employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 19 employers in Lincoln Park, 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 McGowan Painting Contractors of Greenville, LLC 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Park 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fine Group Inc 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Star Finish Enterprises, Inc. 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ridgeview Orchards 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE PG Manufacturing 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marquette Board of Light and Power 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE SunGlo 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer 208 258 FTE
CITY-NEAR 208 - Lincoln Park 246 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Lincoln Park 190 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lincoln Park Branch 188 FTE
NAT-TCR 460 Decatur Street SE 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 102148 - Cove Point LNG Export Terminal 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Integra 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mundy Support Services LLC Job #34335 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kemira Chemicals, Inc. Columbus Plant 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE 40-Baltimore Terminal 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE 37-Chicago Terminal 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commercial Service 65 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: 2018, 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.