Welding equipment manufacturing · Tennessee
Lincoln Electric Automation Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN · ~160 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lincoln Electric Automation Chattanooga runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Welding equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Lincoln Electric Automation Chattanooga: 1.5 TCR = 45% of Welding equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lincoln Electric Automation Chattanooga safety composite
Lincoln Electric Automation Chattanooga scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% 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).
61/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 76% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.68 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
Lincoln Electric Automation Chattanooga: 0.6 → 1.4 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 2.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.45× in 2024
Lincoln Electric Automation Chattanooga's TCR rose 0.8 from 0.6 in 2021 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333992 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #3/4
- PHOTO Arc Products, Inc.
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~160 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Arc Products, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lincoln Electric Automation Chattanooga in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lincoln Electric Automation Chattanooga
1.5 TCR
- Arc Products,
Arc Products, Inc.
1.5 TCR
- Select-Arc Tro
Select-Arc Troy
1.5 TCR
- DUKANE IAS, LL
DUKANE IAS, LLC.
1.5 TCR
- Welding Access
Welding Accessories and Cutting - Appleton
1.4 TCR
What this shows Lincoln Electric Automation Chattanooga averages 1.5 TCR (45% of the Welding equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Lincoln Electric Automation Chattanooga TCR series: 2021=0.6 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Lincoln Electric Automation Chattanooga falls in its industry
129 Welding equipment manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Welding equipment manufacturin employers in Tennessee.
Lincoln Electric Automation Chattanooga has more employees than the 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 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333992 · TN · Chattanooga
129 Welding equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, TN · 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 | Arc Products, Inc. | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Select-Arc Troy | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DUKANE IAS, LLC. | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Welding Accessories and Cutting - Appleton | 1.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 500 Administration Barnhart Plant Services LLC | 160 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dealers Warehouse Corporation-Powell | 160 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wisco Envelope Company | 160 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 5503 Chattanooga Offset | 160 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CHATTANOOGA COKE | 8,650 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CHATTANOOGA FOOD | 8,650 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | USXpress | 7,385 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cardiology GB | 6,606 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Mt Carmel Stabilization Group, Inc. | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oelwein | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ionbond - Beachwood | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Edward Leske Company | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Harvey | 160 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | USA | 160 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AGC Automotive | 160 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Philadelphia Airport Marriott | 160 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.