Machine shops · Illinois

Paul's Machine and Welding Corp

Villa Grove, IL · ~64 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Paul's Machine and Welding Corp runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade B.

Paul's Machine and Welding Corp: 1.9 TCR = 56% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Paul's Machine and Welding Corp safety composite

Paul's Machine and Welding Corp 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.3

2017→2024

Paul's Machine and Welding Corp injury rate improved

Paul's Machine and Welding Corp's TCR fell 1.3 from 1.3 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.3 · 2018=1.4 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Villa Grove, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 56% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/103
  • PHOTO Union Tool Corp
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Union Tool Corp (0.0 TCR gap)

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Paul's Machine and Welding Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Paul's Machine and Welding Corp averages 1.9 TCR (56% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Paul's Machine and Welding Corp TCR series: 2017=1.3 · 2018=1.4 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Paul's Machine and Welding Corp falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 103 Machine shops employers in Illinois.

Paul's Machine and Welding Corp (64 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Paul's Machine and Welding Corp
Paul's Machine and Welding Corp (64 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Paul's Machine and Welding Corp has more employees than the Machine shops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.1 1.7 3 0 0
2022 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2021 2.5 0.0 2 0 0
2020 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2017 1.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · IL · Villa Grove

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 4 employers in Villa Grove, IL · 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 Union Tool Corp 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Collins Machine Works 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR D & B Machining Incorporated 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR James Tool Machine and Engineering 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Central Sod 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Sod Farms, Inc 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nashville 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alliance Contractors Inc 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR CCSI-Villa Grove 371 FTE
CITY-NEAR Villa Grove 350 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Villa Grove 57 FTE
NAT-TCR BR 05 Bobcat Cranberry 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Gamma Construction 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR CertainTeed Corporation Williamsport Maryland 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hays Energy LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vitracoat America, Inc. 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE SelectFWTX 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brindlee Mountain Fire Apparatus - Main Campus 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Domestic Uniform Rental 64 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, 2020, 2018, 2017. 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.