Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · Arizona

Metal-Weld Specialties Inc

Peoria, AZ · ~91 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metal-Weld Specialties Inc runs at 193% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Metal-Weld Specialties Inc: 6.4 TCR = 193% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metal-Weld Specialties Inc safety composite

Metal-Weld Specialties Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.2

2022→2024

Metal-Weld Specialties Inc injury rate improved

Metal-Weld Specialties Inc's TCR fell 5.2 from 7.9 in 2022 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=7.9 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Peoria, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 193% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #21/30
  • PHOTO Scion Steel - Capitol
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Scion Steel - Capitol (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metal-Weld Specialties Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metal-Weld Specialties Inc averages 6.4 TCR (193% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Metal-Weld Specialties Inc TCR series: 2022=7.9 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Metal-Weld Specialties Inc falls in its industry

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 30 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in Arizona.

Metal-Weld Specialties Inc (91 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Metal-Weld Specialties Inc
Metal-Weld Specialties Inc (91 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Metal-Weld Specialties Inc has more employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 2.8 2.8 2 0 0
2023 8.5 7.3 6 1 0
2022 7.9 4.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · AZ · Peoria

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 170 employers in Peoria, AZ · 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 Scion Steel - Capitol 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR StruXure Outdoor Inc. Dawsonville, GA 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vigor FAB - Portland 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nasatka Barrier 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE KB Home - Phoenix Division Office 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE KB Home Phoenix 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caliente Construction 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE SWD Urethane 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rapid Recovery 2,552 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-507 910 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-506 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1533 401 FTE
NAT-TCR Palew - Lewistown 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cub Foods Rogers - 5520 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR NB Farms, Inc 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR San Joaquin County Department of Behavioral Health Services 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Able Electric Service, Inc. 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Threaded Fasteners, Inc. (Mobile) 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE 116 Mason 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE KNL Holdings LLC 91 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. 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.