Gas welding equipment manufacturing · Georgia
J.W. Harris Co. Inc. - Gainesville
Gainesville, GA · ~132 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
J.W. Harris Co. Inc. - Gainesville runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Gas welding equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
J.W. Harris Co. Inc. - Gainesville: 2.1 TCR = 65% of Gas welding equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
J.W. Harris Co. Inc. - Gainesville safety composite
J.W. Harris Co. Inc. - Gainesville scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.14 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% 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
J.W. Harris Co. Inc. - Gainesville: 0.7 → 2.2 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.34× in 2024
J.W. Harris Co. Inc. - Gainesville's TCR rose 1.5 from 0.7 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333992 · Gainesville, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 65% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK P60
- PHOTO PRC
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~132 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: PRC (0.0 TCR gap)
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J.W. Harris Co. Inc. - Gainesville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
J.W. Harris Co. Inc. - Gainesville
2.1 TCR
- PRC
PRC
2.1 TCR
- Lincoln Electr
Lincoln Electric Automation Coldwater
2.1 TCR
- Industrial Equ
Industrial Equipment Division - North
2.1 TCR
- American Weldq
American Weldquip LLC
2.1 TCR
What this shows J.W. Harris Co. Inc. - Gainesville averages 2.1 TCR (65% of the Gas welding equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).
J.W. Harris Co. Inc. - Gainesville TCR series: 2016=0.7 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3
Where J.W. Harris Co. Inc. - Gainesville falls in its industry
129 Gas welding equipment manufact establishmentsSafer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
J.W. Harris Co. Inc. - Gainesville has more employees than the Gas welding equipment manufacturing median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333992 · GA · Gainesville
129 Gas welding equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 306 employers in Gainesville, GA · 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 | PRC | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lincoln Electric Automation Coldwater | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Industrial Equipment Division - North | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | American Weldquip LLC | 2.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Smith Douglas G | 132 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Georgia Feed | 132 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Shasta Beverages Inc Gainesville | 132 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lonesome Oak Trading Co. - Bldg 365 | 132 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc. | 5,384 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation | 1,863 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Poultry Processing | 1,546 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mar-Jac Poultry, Inc Processing Plant | 1,190 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Greenville Solution Plant | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | OSG USA, Inc., Cold Forming Division | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AS&E/Rapiscan | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nelson Manufacturing Company | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ocala RPC | 132 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Avera Brady Health and Rehab | 132 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Henkels & McCoy, Tennessee - Chattanooga | 132 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Howmet - Dover Alloy | 132 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.