Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · Illinois

Comet Fabricating and Welding

Rockford, IL · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
33.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Comet Fabricating and Welding runs at 1006% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Comet Fabricating and Welding: 33.2 TCR = 1006% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Comet Fabricating and Welding safety composite

Comet Fabricating and Welding scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

F

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 33.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−17.5

2021→2022

Comet Fabricating and Welding injury rate improved

Comet Fabricating and Welding's TCR fell 17.5 from 42.0 in 2021 to 24.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 42.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=42.0 · 2022=24.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Rockford, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 33.2 · 1006% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #51/51
  • PHOTO Bergh's Fabricating,…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bergh's Fabricating, Inc. (4.7 TCR gap)

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Comet Fabricating and Welding in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Comet Fabricating and Welding averages 33.2 TCR (1006% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Comet Fabricating and Welding TCR series: 2021=42 · 2022=24.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Comet Fabricating and Welding falls in its industry

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #51 safest of 51 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in Illinois.

Comet Fabricating and Welding (25 employees, TCR 33.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Comet Fabricating and Welding
Comet Fabricating and Welding (25 employees, TCR 33.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Comet Fabricating and Welding has fewer employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2022 24.4 4.9 5 0 0
2021 42.0 21.0 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · IL · Rockford

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 405 employers in Rockford, IL · 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 Bergh's Fabricating, Inc. 28.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yaquina Boat Equipment 27.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steel Fabrication and Erection 27.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR WARRIOR-HUTCHINSON 26.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fire Department 24 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE IL-MTPROSP-Mount Prospect - IL - Trans 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Western Co., LLC Assumption 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Freeport Water & Sewer Department - City of Freeport 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILRKF - ROCKFORD AIR HUB 2,634 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish American Hospital - 4800 2,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR PCI Pharma Services Rockford 2,175 FTE
CITY-NEAR SwedishAmerican Hospital 1,855 FTE
NAT-TCR Rockland Facility 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kemper Moving Systems 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR EWR - Ground Ops 30.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shop 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Willard Agri-Service of Greenwood, LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crabtree Painting 25 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.