Mechanical contractors · New York

John W Danforth Company

Tonawanda, NY · ~956 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

John W Danforth Company runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

John W Danforth Company: 2.4 TCR = 85% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

John W Danforth Company safety composite

John W Danforth Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−1.0

2016→2023

John W Danforth Company injury rate improved

John W Danforth Company's TCR fell 1.0 from 2.9 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Tonawanda, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 85% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #111/297
  • PHOTO A & T Plumbing, Inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 184 inj
  • SIZE ~956 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: A & T Plumbing, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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John W Danforth Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows John W Danforth Company averages 2.4 TCR (85% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

John W Danforth Company TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=2 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=1.9 · BLS 2.8

Where John W Danforth Company falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #111 safest of 297 Mechanical contractors employers in New York.

John W Danforth Company (956 employees, TCR 2.4) 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate John W Danforth Company
John W Danforth Company (956 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

John W Danforth Company 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
2023 1.9 0.6 16 0 0
2022 2.2 0.3 21 0 0
2021 1.8 0.4 19 0 0
2020 1.8 0.3 17 0 0
2019 3.2 0.5 29 0 0
2018 2.0 0.3 19 0 0
2017 3.1 0.8 33 0 0
2016 2.9 0.5 30 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NY · Tonawanda

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 134 employers in Tonawanda, NY · 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 A & T Plumbing, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Granite State Plumbing and Heating LLC 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR A1 Plumbing 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR H&G Systems LP 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Macy's Merchandising Group - Corporate Office 955 FTE
STATE-SIZE TITAN GLOBAL INVESTIGATIONS LLC 958 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cunningham / Fahey 953 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fresenius Kabi 960 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tonawanda Engine Plant 1,623 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC 1,396 FTE
CITY-NEAR Praxair Technology Center 1,039 FTE
CITY-NEAR Linde Inc. 986 FTE
NAT-TCR 55432 Midway RAC 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Red Blossom 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR McCloskey International Warehouse 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR ColdPoint Logistics, LLC 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Njsbr - Cranbury 956 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pier A Berths 90-96 956 FTE
NAT-SIZE YOOX Net-A-Porter Group - DC2 Mahwah 956 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cactus 956 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.