Painting and wallpapering · Massachusetts
M.L. McDonald Sales Company, LLC
Watertown, MA · ~229 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
M.L. McDonald Sales Company, LLC runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Painting and wallpapering workplace, earning a grade C.
M.L. McDonald Sales Company, LLC: 2.7 TCR = 96% of Painting and wallpapering BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
M.L. McDonald Sales Company, LLC safety composite
M.L. McDonald Sales Company, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% 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
M.L. McDonald Sales Company, LLC: 1.1 → 3.4 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.28× in 2024
M.L. McDonald Sales Company, LLC's TCR rose 2.3 from 1.1 in 2017 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238320 · Watertown, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 96% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #9/13
- PHOTO Hester Decorating Co…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 32 inj
- SIZE ~229 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hester Decorating Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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M.L. McDonald Sales Company, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
M.L. McDonald Sales Company, LLC
2.7 TCR
- Hester Decorat
Hester Decorating Co., Inc.
2.7 TCR
- Schaper Comppa
Schaper Comppany, Inc.
2.7 TCR
- Crown Painting
Crown Painting Inc.
2.7 TCR
- Performance Pa
Performance Painting
2.7 TCR
What this shows M.L. McDonald Sales Company, LLC averages 2.7 TCR (96% of the Painting and wallpapering BLS benchmark).
M.L. McDonald Sales Company, LLC TCR series: 2017=1.1 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 2.8
Where M.L. McDonald Sales Company, LLC falls in its industry
582 Painting and wallpapering establishmentsSafer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 13 Painting and wallpapering employers in Massachusetts.
M.L. McDonald Sales Company, LLC has more employees than the Painting and wallpapering 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238320 · MA · Watertown
582 Painting and wallpapering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 43 employers in Watertown, MA · 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 | Hester Decorating Co., Inc. | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Schaper Comppany, Inc. | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Crown Painting Inc. | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Performance Painting | 2.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | David Clark Company Incorporated | 229 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 11DG065 MED-SURG NORTHBOROUGH | 229 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | L. Knife & Son | 229 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 100020 | 229 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | J.C. Cannistraro LLC | 773 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WATERTOWN (MAWAT) | 531 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MAWAT - WATERTOWN | 497 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1442 - Watertown | 314 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Thorworks Industries, Inc. | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Metal Masters Foodservice | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Focused Care at Linden | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chemline Inc | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Kabco Builders, Inc. | 229 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lathrop Terminal | 229 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Round Rock | 229 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MW Vegas, LLC | 229 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.