Iron work, structural, contractors · California

Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc.

Fremont, CA · ~118 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc. runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Iron work, structural, contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 58% of Iron work, structural, contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc. safety composite

Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 1.5 in 2021 to 1.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.5 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Fremont, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 58% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #13/96
  • PHOTO Flex-Erect
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~118 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Flex-Erect (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (58% of the Iron work, structural, contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc. TCR series: 2021=1.5 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=1.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc. falls in its industry

705 Iron work, structural, contrac establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 96 Iron work, structural, contrac employers in California.

Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc. (118 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc.
Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc. (118 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc. has more employees than the Iron work, structural, contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2023 1.6 1.6 3 0 0
2022 1.7 0.0 3 0 0
2021 1.5 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · CA · Fremont

705 Iron work, structural, contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 348 employers in Fremont, CA · 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 Flex-Erect 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Construction 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Wind Reinforcing, LLC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Placing Washington 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prestige Farming inc 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cipponeri Orchards 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE PHC Facilities, Inc. dba The Plug DTLA 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plug Connection - Lodi 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-CA-Fremont-45500 Fremont Blvd 21,378 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-CA-Fremont-Factory 12,707 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 517 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lam Research Corp. Fremont Campus 2,887 FTE
NAT-TCR 1906 Bell County US190 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR McKenney's, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Huntington Wv Plant 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Summit Refrigerants 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE EB CARE/ The Bristal at Massapequa 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Williston Care Center 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aerospace : Moncks Corner 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diversified Thermal Inc 118 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: 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.