Welding equipment manufacturing · Michigan

J. W. Holdings, Inc

Grand Rapids, MI · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J. W. Holdings, Inc runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Welding equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

J. W. Holdings, Inc: 3.1 TCR = 94% of Welding equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J. W. Holdings, Inc safety composite

J. W. Holdings, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−6.2

2018→2020

J. W. Holdings, Inc injury rate improved

J. W. Holdings, Inc's TCR fell 6.2 from 6.2 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.2 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333992 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 94% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/16
  • PHOTO California Brazing
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: California Brazing (0.0 TCR gap)

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J. W. Holdings, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J. W. Holdings, Inc averages 3.1 TCR (94% of the Welding equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

J. W. Holdings, Inc TCR series: 2018=6.2 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where J. W. Holdings, Inc falls in its industry

129 Welding equipment manufacturin establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 16 Welding equipment manufacturin employers in Michigan.

J. W. Holdings, Inc (53 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0100200300400 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate J. W. Holdings, Inc
J. W. Holdings, Inc (53 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 2.8

J. W. Holdings, Inc has fewer employees than the 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.2 6.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333992 · MI · Grand Rapids

129 Welding equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, MI · 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 California Brazing 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Commonwealth Tool & Machine Inc 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milestone Industrial Welding Services LLC 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Postle industries 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE EDL- Lansing Office 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Energy - Newaygo 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Livonia 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Commercial Contractors, Inc. 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR The Columns Community Care Center 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR GreenField Manor, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR construction 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR PVS Plastics Technology Corp. 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Maples Industries Plant Four Location 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bonitz Flooring and Contracting Raleigh 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oak Grove Elementary 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cash Saver #3821 53 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: 2020, 2018. 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.