Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing · New York

McDowell & Walker, Inc.

Afton, NY · ~20 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

McDowell & Walker, Inc. runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

McDowell & Walker, Inc.: 2.0 TCR = 52% of Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

McDowell & Walker, Inc. safety composite

McDowell & Walker, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

McDowell & Walker, Inc. held a steady TCR band

McDowell & Walker, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2018=4.5 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Afton, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/16
  • PHOTO Candor Feedmill
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Candor Feedmill (0.0 TCR gap)

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McDowell & Walker, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows McDowell & Walker, Inc. averages 2.0 TCR (52% of the Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

McDowell & Walker, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=4.5 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.9

Where McDowell & Walker, Inc. falls in its industry

756 Animal feed mills (except dog establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 16 Animal feed mills (except dog employers in New York.

McDowell & Walker, Inc. (20 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate McDowell & Walker, Inc.
McDowell & Walker, Inc. (20 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

McDowell & Walker, Inc. has fewer employees than the Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2020 4.9 4.9 1 0 0
2018 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · NY · Afton

756 Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 4 employers in Afton, 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 Candor Feedmill 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atwater Feed Mill 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Belstra Milling Company, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zeigler Bros. Inc. 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE JOHNSON POTATO FARMS LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Beds & Borders, Inc. 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE J. Minns Farms LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE H. F. Corwin & Son, Inc. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nelson Tree Service LLC 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nelson Tree Service, LLC 463 306 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nelson Tree Service, LLC 464 151 FTE
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #0228 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Forry - Hanover 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Baytown 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lear Guilford - Kenansville 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Reddy Ice - Harrisonburg (402) 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Molly Maid of East Phoenix and Paradise Valley 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE CityScape Roofing, Inc. 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Olympian Construction Company 20 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, 2018, 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.