Arc welding equipment manufacturing · Iowa

Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf

Bettendorf, IA · ~158 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Arc welding equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf: 2.4 TCR = 74% of Arc welding equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf safety composite

Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf: 1.3 → 1.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf's TCR rose 0.4 from 1.3 in 2021 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333992 · Bettendorf, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 74% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P57
  • PHOTO The Lincoln Electric…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Lincoln Electric Company - Euclid (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf averages 2.4 TCR (74% of the Arc welding equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf TCR series: 2021=1.3 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf falls in its industry

129 Arc welding equipment manufact establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf (158 employees, TCR 2.4) 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 Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf
Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf (158 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf has more employees than the Arc 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 1.7 0.0 3 0 0
2023 5.4 0.0 9 0 0
2022 1.3 0.0 2 0 0
2021 1.3 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333992 · IA · Bettendorf

129 Arc welding equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 89 employers in Bettendorf, IA · 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 The Lincoln Electric Company - Euclid 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sciaky, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ESAB Group - Hanover 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universal Tool Equipment and Controls, Inc. 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2807-0552 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unit # 1612 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1621 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterloo Pork DC 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR Davenport 00202 2,412 FTE
CITY-NEAR BETTENDORF (410) 480 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bettendorf - Main Store 338 FTE
CITY-NEAR Isle Casino Hotel Bettendorf 333 FTE
NAT-TCR Headquarters 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #0045 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #4051 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Electric Power Cooperative 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fall River Foundry 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pomona 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Curtin Co. 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Royal Oaks Nursing and Rehab Center 158 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.