Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) · Michigan

LECO Corporation -- ESW Technical Centre

Saint Joseph, MI · ~18 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.0
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LECO Corporation -- ESW Technical Centre runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade C.

LECO Corporation -- ESW Technical Centre: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LECO Corporation -- ESW Technical Centre safety composite

LECO Corporation -- ESW Technical Centre scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

LECO Corporation -- ESW Technical Centre held a steady TCR band

LECO Corporation -- ESW Technical Centre's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 0.0 TCR.

2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Saint Joseph, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #0/19
  • PHOTO Syngenta Greensboro
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Syngenta Greensboro (0.0 TCR gap)

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LECO Corporation -- ESW Technical Centre in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows LECO Corporation -- ESW Technical Centre averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).

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

LECO Corporation -- ESW Technical Centre TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 0.5

Where LECO Corporation -- ESW Technical Centre falls in its industry

319 Chemical research and developm establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 19 Chemical research and developm employers in Michigan.

LECO Corporation -- ESW Technical Centre (18 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate LECO Corporation -- ESW Technical Centre
LECO Corporation -- ESW Technical Centre (18 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

LECO Corporation -- ESW Technical Centre has fewer employees than the Chemical research and development labora median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · MI · Saint Joseph

319 Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 15 employers in Saint Joseph, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Syngenta Greensboro 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ExxonMobil Chemical Company Baytown Technology & Engineering Complex 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waymo HQ 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chamblee Campus 0.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE White Cloud 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Roseville Water 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE PENCON, INC. d/b/a Peninsula Construction & Design, Inc. 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE E.F. Wilkinson & Sons, Inc. 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Berrien 943 FTE
CITY-NEAR LECO Corporation -- Headquarters 282 FTE
CITY-NEAR Walsworth 202 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6773_15687 110 FTE
NAT-TCR Monster Energy Company 2535 Anselmo Dr 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Point32Health Providence 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Point32Health Quincy 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Creekside 0.0 TCR

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, 2021. 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.