Machine shops · Massachusetts

J & L Welding and Machine Inc

Gloucester, MA · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J & L Welding and Machine Inc runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

J & L Welding and Machine Inc: 2.9 TCR = 86% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J & L Welding and Machine Inc safety composite

J & L Welding and Machine Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.1

2022→2024

J & L Welding and Machine Inc injury rate improved

J & L Welding and Machine Inc's TCR fell 4.1 from 4.1 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.1 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Gloucester, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 86% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #27/54
  • PHOTO C Machine Co Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: C Machine Co Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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J & L Welding and Machine Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J & L Welding and Machine Inc averages 2.9 TCR (86% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

J & L Welding and Machine Inc TCR series: 2022=4.1 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where J & L Welding and Machine Inc falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 54 Machine shops employers in Massachusetts.

J & L Welding and Machine Inc (27 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate J & L Welding and Machine Inc
J & L Welding and Machine Inc (27 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

J & L Welding and Machine Inc 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2022 4.1 4.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · MA · Gloucester

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 40 employers in Gloucester, 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 C Machine Co Inc 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universal Manufacturing Services, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR WS Hampshire, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Q Company LLC 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE High Profile - Dorchester 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES Salem Harbor Station 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE NORTH ANDOVER-METHUEN-MA30 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE TEWKSBURY-MA47 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR MAVAR1 - Varian Campus, Applied Materials 1,169 FTE
CITY-NEAR MAVAR1 1,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR Addison Gilbert Hospital 294 FTE
CITY-NEAR Market Basket #61 280 FTE
NAT-TCR MercyCare Blairs Ferry 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC- Green Bay HC 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Universal Manufacturing Services, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 1217 W Nyack 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Greentree Landfill LLC 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chicago Service Center 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Growing Stillness Corporation 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE ANC Heating & Air Conditioning Inc. 27 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. 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.