Arc welding equipment manufacturing · Wisconsin
Consumer Solutions Division - West
Appleton, WI · ~137 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Consumer Solutions Division - West runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Arc welding equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Consumer Solutions Division - West: 7.6 TCR = 231% of Arc welding equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Consumer Solutions Division - West safety composite
Consumer Solutions Division - West scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
18/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Consumer Solutions Division - West: 3.6 → 12.1 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 12.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2018
Consumer Solutions Division - West's TCR rose 8.5 from 3.6 in 2016 to 12.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333992 · Appleton, WI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 231% of ind
- DART 6.4 DART
- RANK #13/15
- PHOTO Power Systems Divisi…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~137 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Power Systems Division - South (0.1 TCR gap)
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Consumer Solutions Division - West in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Power Systems
Power Systems Division - West
7.8 TCR
- Weld Mold Comp
Weld Mold Company
7.8 TCR
- Power Systems
Power Systems Division - South
7.7 TCR
- This site
Consumer Solutions Division - West
7.6 TCR
- Purity - Elkha
Purity - Elkhart
7.3 TCR
What this shows Consumer Solutions Division - West averages 7.6 TCR (231% of the Arc welding equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Consumer Solutions Division - West TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=7.2 · 2018=12.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Consumer Solutions Division - West falls in its industry
129 Arc welding equipment manufact establishmentsSafer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 15 Arc welding equipment manufact employers in Wisconsin.
Consumer Solutions Division - West has more employees than the Arc welding equipment manufacturing median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 12.1 | 6.4 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.2 | 4.6 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333992 · WI · Appleton
129 Arc welding equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 356 employers in Appleton, WI · 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 | Power Systems Division - South | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Power Systems Division - West | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Weld Mold Company | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Purity - Elkhart | 7.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Poblocki Paving Corp. | 137 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Seneca Foods Corporation - Cambria East | 137 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Meister Cheese Company LLC | 137 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Germantown Container | 137 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ThedaCare Regional Medical Center Appleton | 1,649 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton | 1,563 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northern Operations | 1,321 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fox Valley Technical College (WI) | 1,279 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 4795-PD-AGS-AUGUSTA-PD | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Newton Public Schools | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Progressive Building Systems | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hilton Garden Inn Portland | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Carter Nursing and Rehab | 137 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GeoCare, Inc. DBA Home Instead Senior Care | 137 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Genesis Medical Center DeWitt | 137 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Main | 137 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.