Plumbing contractors · Michigan

McDonald Plumbing, Inc

Name: McDonald Plumbing, Inc Workplace Safety Data
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Grand Rapids, MI · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 13.5
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

McDonald Plumbing, Inc runs at 481% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

McDonald Plumbing, Inc: 13.5 TCR = 481% of Plumbing contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

McDonald Plumbing, Inc safety composite

McDonald Plumbing, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 13.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers
DART rate: F 8.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

−9.7

2016→2017

McDonald Plumbing, Inc injury rate improved

McDonald Plumbing, Inc's TCR fell 9.7 from 18.3 in 2016 to 8.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 18.3 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.3 · 2017=8.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.5 · 481% of ind

DART 8.6 DART
RANK #146/153
PHOTO Sixel & Schwinn, Inc.
BOOK 2y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sixel & Schwinn, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows McDonald Plumbing, Inc averages 13.5 TCR (481% of the Plumbing contractors BLS benchmark).

McDonald Plumbing, Inc TCR series: 2016=18.3 · 2017=8.6 · BLS 2.8

Where McDonald Plumbing, Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing contractors establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #146 safest of 153 Plumbing contractors employers in Michigan.

McDonald Plumbing, Inc (31 employees, TCR 13.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

McDonald Plumbing, Inc has fewer employees than the Plumbing contractors median and a higher 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
2017	8.6	8.6	3	0	0
2016	18.3	0.0	5	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MI · Grand Rapids

5,793 Plumbing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, MI · 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	Sixel & Schwinn, Inc.	SHEBOYGAN, WI	13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Scott's Plumbing Co., Inc	KNOXVILLE, TN	13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fayette Heating and Air	LEXINGTON, KY	13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Taylor Heating Inc.	ROCHESTER, NY	13.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Schwartz Greenhouse, Inc.	ROMULUS	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Electric Production	HOLLAND	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	R.B. Satkowiak's City Sewer Cleaners	CARROLLTON	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Melching Inc.	MUSKEGON	31 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA	Grand Rapids	9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SH Butterworth Hospital	Grand Rapids	7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI	Grand Rapids	2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood	Grand Rapids	2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR	Brattleboro (Vtbra)	Brattleboro, VT	13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pacifica Tucson LLC	Tucson, AZ	13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	MARINEMAX East INC-HM5	Charleston, SC	13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Governor's Green - Resort	Williamsburg, VA	13.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Martin Overhead Garage Door Service Inc.	St. Peters, MO	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Superior Lawns Inc.-Plainfield Branch	Plainfield, IL	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bieker Electric, Inc.	Fort Smith, AR	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0175 - Laurel, Md	Laurel, MD	31 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.