Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing · Massachusetts

East Coast Welding and Fabrication, LLC

Newburyport, MA · ~70 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

East Coast Welding and Fabrication, LLC runs at 285% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

East Coast Welding and Fabrication, LLC: 9.4 TCR = 285% of Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

East Coast Welding and Fabrication, LLC safety composite

East Coast Welding and Fabrication, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

East Coast Welding and Fabrication, LLC: 6.5 → 8.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 13.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.46× in 2024

East Coast Welding and Fabrication, LLC's TCR rose 2.1 from 6.5 in 2018 to 8.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 13.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Newburyport, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 285% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO US Tool Group-Savann…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US Tool Group-Savannah OC (0.0 TCR gap)

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East Coast Welding and Fabrication, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows East Coast Welding and Fabrication, LLC averages 9.4 TCR (285% of the Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

East Coast Welding and Fabrication, LLC TCR series: 2018=6.5 · 2023=13.1 · 2024=8.6 · BLS 3.3

Where East Coast Welding and Fabrication, LLC falls in its industry

391 Sheet metal forming machines m establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Sheet metal forming machines m employers in Massachusetts.

East Coast Welding and Fabrication, LLC (70 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate East Coast Welding and Fabrication, LLC
East Coast Welding and Fabrication, LLC (70 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

East Coast Welding and Fabrication, LLC has more employees than the Sheet metal forming machines manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 8.6 4.3 6 0 0
2023 13.1 5.8 9 0 0
2018 6.5 1.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · MA · Newburyport

391 Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 59 employers in Newburyport, MA · 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 US Tool Group-Savannah OC 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Press Technologies 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Electro Tech Inc. 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Komo Machine 9.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Holland Construction 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Structures Derek International sa 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Beacon Piping Co. Inc. 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE EAC 6280 North East Paving 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Anna Jaques Hospital 946 FTE
CITY-NEAR BETH ISREAL DEACONESS HOSPITAL ANNA JAQUES 491 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochester Electronics LLC 470 FTE
CITY-NEAR Turning Point, Inc. 334 FTE
NAT-TCR Glenshaw 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Delivery Station 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 26 Janet Dr North Haven, Ct 06473 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Casting Solutions, LLC 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Homeplace At Midway 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Florida Lemark Corporation 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE BEKO Technologies, Corp. 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Altuglas LLC 70 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.