Arc welding equipment manufacturing · Texas
ARC Specialties, Inc.
Houston, TX · ~47 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
ARC Specialties, Inc. runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Arc welding equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
ARC Specialties, Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Arc welding equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
ARC Specialties, Inc. safety composite
ARC Specialties, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).
70/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
−3.6
2016→2024
ARC Specialties, Inc. injury rate improved
ARC Specialties, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.6 from 3.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.6 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333992 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #3/4
- PHOTO Changer & Dresser Inc
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~47 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Changer & Dresser Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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ARC Specialties, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
ARC Specialties, Inc.
1.6 TCR
- Changer & Dres
Changer & Dresser Inc
1.6 TCR
- OHIO Warehouse
OHIO Warehouse Operations
1.6 TCR
- HTI Cybernetic
HTI Cybernetics
1.6 TCR
- Amada Miyachi
Amada Miyachi America, Inc.
1.6 TCR
What this shows ARC Specialties, Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Arc welding equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).
ARC Specialties, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=2 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where ARC Specialties, Inc. falls in its industry
129 Arc welding equipment manufact establishmentsSafer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Arc welding equipment manufact employers in Texas.
ARC Specialties, Inc. has fewer employees than the Arc welding equipment manufacturing 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333992 · TX · Houston
129 Arc welding equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 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 | Changer & Dresser Inc | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OHIO Warehouse Operations | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HTI Cybernetics | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Amada Miyachi America, Inc. | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Blackstone Dilworth | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hartley Feeders | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Handley Station | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. Pearsall Energy Center | 47 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IAH IAH | 11,560 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices | 10,239 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6925-IAH | 9,442 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center | 8,873 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Decatur Railcar Repair | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | BNA1 | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ada World Headquarters | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | General Public Administration | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Volkert Precision Technologies Inc | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Shapes Unlimited Inc | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Larkey Delivery | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Source One Packaging LLC Main Location | 47 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.