Machine shops · Louisiana
Dale's Welding & Fabricators, LLC
Plaquemine, LA · ~35 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Dale's Welding & Fabricators, LLC runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade A.
Dale's Welding & Fabricators, LLC: 1.1 TCR = 34% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Dale's Welding & Fabricators, LLC safety composite
Dale's Welding & Fabricators, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 89% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% 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
Dale's Welding & Fabricators, LLC: 0.0 → 3.5 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 3.5 TCR · DART/TCR 3.1× in 2024
Dale's Welding & Fabricators, LLC's TCR rose 3.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332710 · Plaquemine, LA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 34% of ind
- DART 3.5 DART
- RANK #8/28
- PHOTO Maxcess - Modular We…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~35 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Maxcess - Modular Web Solutions (0.0 TCR gap)
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Dale's Welding & Fabricators, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Dale's Welding & Fabricators, LLC
1.1 TCR
- Maxcess - Modu
Maxcess - Modular Web Solutions
1.1 TCR
- Stainless Solu
Stainless Solutions LLC
1.1 TCR
- ALIGN PRECISIO
ALIGN PRECISION - Tuscaloosa
1.1 TCR
- B-K Manufactur
B-K Manufacturing Co. Inc.
1.1 TCR
What this shows Dale's Welding & Fabricators, LLC averages 1.1 TCR (34% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).
Dale's Welding & Fabricators, LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Dale's Welding & Fabricators, LLC falls in its industry
1,821 Machine shops establishmentsSafer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 28 Machine shops employers in Louisiana.
Dale's Welding & Fabricators, LLC has fewer employees than the Machine shops 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 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332710 · LA · Plaquemine
1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 80 employers in Plaquemine, LA · 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 | Maxcess - Modular Web Solutions | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Stainless Solutions LLC | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ALIGN PRECISION - Tuscaloosa | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | B-K Manufacturing Co. Inc. | 1.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Entergy Fossil Generation, Waterford 1&2 Plant | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Blue Heron | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NOLA | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Palmisano Construction LLC | 35 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Dow Chemical Company Louisiana Operations | 1,559 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Dow Chemical Company - Louisiana Operations | 1,514 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations | 1,378 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Performance Contractors, Inc. - Dow Plaq - Poly D | 687 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Southway Crane & Rigging - Pensacola Branch | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tecta America East LLC - Glen Rock | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NovaTech | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wirtgen America | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Desoto County Electric, Inc. | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 066/Westbury | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 049/Stonebriar | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ashaway Office | 35 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.