Iron work, structural, contractors · North Carolina

D.S. Duggins Welding Inc.

Winston Salem, NC · ~47 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

D.S. Duggins Welding Inc. runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Iron work, structural, contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

D.S. Duggins Welding Inc.: 1.9 TCR = 66% of Iron work, structural, contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

D.S. Duggins Welding Inc. safety composite

D.S. Duggins Welding Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 52%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

D.S. Duggins Welding Inc. held a steady TCR band

D.S. Duggins Welding Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 2.6 in 2020 to 2.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.6 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Winston Salem, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 66% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #7/21
  • PHOTO Seaside Steel, INC.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Seaside Steel, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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D.S. Duggins Welding Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows D.S. Duggins Welding Inc. averages 1.9 TCR (66% of the Iron work, structural, contractors BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

D.S. Duggins Welding Inc. TCR series: 2020=2.6 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 2.8

Where D.S. Duggins Welding Inc. falls in its industry

705 Iron work, structural, contrac establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 21 Iron work, structural, contrac employers in North Carolina.

D.S. Duggins Welding Inc. (47 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate D.S. Duggins Welding Inc.
D.S. Duggins Welding Inc. (47 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

D.S. Duggins Welding Inc. has fewer employees than the Iron work, structural, contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 2.7 1.4 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2020 2.6 2.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · NC · Winston Salem

705 Iron work, structural, contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 255 employers in Winston Salem, NC · 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 Seaside Steel, INC. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Florida Erection Service, Inc 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Structural Steel Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AF Steel Fabricators LLC 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Monroe NC Operations 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dan River Steam Station 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hickory Resource Center PNG 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Douglas Charlotte 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR WFBMC - Winston Campus 13,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wake Forest University Health Sciences 3,280 FTE
CITY-NEAR Inmar - 9040 Team Support Center 1,813 FTE
CITY-NEAR Inmar - Team Support Center 859 FTE
NAT-TCR Hancock Builders LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Lanxess 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Seaside Steel, INC. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Parma ID 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE RMJ Electrical Contractors, Inc 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE UBFSA Services LLC d/b/a Three Pillars Catering 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Delta Sky Club Lga Ac 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beachcomber 47 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.