Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · Arizona

Metal-Weld Specialties, Inc

Phoenix, AZ · ~79 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metal-Weld Specialties, Inc runs at 227% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Metal-Weld Specialties, Inc: 7.5 TCR = 227% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y 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 25%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−7.8

2016→2021

Metal-Weld Specialties, Inc injury rate improved

Metal-Weld Specialties, Inc's TCR fell 7.8 from 11.8 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.8 · 2017=8.3 · 2020=6.0 · 2021=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 227% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #26/30
  • PHOTO Brakewell Steel Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brakewell Steel Inc. (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 7.5 TCR (227% 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: 2016=11.8 · 2017=8.3 · 2020=6 · 2021=4 · BLS 3.3

Where Metal-Weld Specialties, Inc falls in its industry

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishments

Safer than 25% 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 #26 safest of 30 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in Arizona.

Metal-Weld Specialties, Inc (79 employees, TCR 7.5) 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 (79 employees, TCR 7.5) 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
2021 4.0 2.6 3 0 0
2020 6.0 1.2 5 0 0
2017 8.3 2.4 5 2 0
2016 11.8 6.6 7 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · AZ · Phoenix

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 2,630 employers in Phoenix, 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 Brakewell Steel Inc. 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lockport Steel Fabricators, LLC 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parker Welding & Fabrication, Inc. 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR BWJ Metalworks, LLC 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bud of CA Broccoli AZ 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Verano CPG Coolidge 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE R. L. Workman Homes, LLC 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE EcoDry Restoration of Arizona 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maricopa County 15,504 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phoenix Children's Hospital 7,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR All Company 6,261 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030500 6,153 FTE
NAT-TCR Dutchmen Plant 845 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hi-Tech Metal Finishing 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 381695-Cle-Strongsville Br 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR d/b/a Boulevard Tire and Retread 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Envoy of Alexandria 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 071 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Best Western Plus El Rancho Inn 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plant 4 79 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: 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016. 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.