Arc welding equipment manufacturing · Wisconsin

Power Systems Division - West

Appleton, WI · ~63 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Power Systems Division - West runs at 237% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Arc welding equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Power Systems Division - West: 7.8 TCR = 237% of Arc welding equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Power Systems Division - West safety composite

Power Systems Division - West scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

−4.9

2016→2024

Power Systems Division - West injury rate improved

Power Systems Division - West's TCR fell 4.9 from 8.6 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 17.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.6 · 2017=5.0 · 2018=17.8 · 2019=9.2 · 2020=11.5 · 2021=8.2 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333992 · Appleton, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 237% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #15/15
  • PHOTO Weld Mold Company
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Weld Mold Company (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Wisconsin employers → · Look up another →

Power Systems Division - West in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Power Systems Division - West averages 7.8 TCR (237% 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

Power Systems Division - West TCR series: 2016=8.6 · 2017=5 · 2018=17.8 · 2019=9.2 · 2020=11.5 · 2021=8.2 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Power Systems Division - West falls in its industry

129 Arc welding equipment manufact establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 15 Arc welding equipment manufact employers in Wisconsin.

Power Systems Division - West (63 employees, TCR 7.8) 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 Power Systems Division - West
Power Systems Division - West (63 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Power Systems Division - West has fewer employees than the Arc welding equipment manufacturing median and a higher 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 3.8 2.5 1 2 0
2023 4.8 3.2 2 1 0
2022 1.5 1.5 0 1 0
2021 8.2 4.9 3 2 0
2020 11.5 9.2 2 3 0
2019 9.2 7.4 3 2 0
2018 17.8 14.3 2 8 0
2017 5.0 3.3 0 3 0
2016 8.6 6.9 3 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333992 · WI · Appleton

129 Arc welding equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 356 employers in Appleton, WI · 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 Weld Mold Company 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Power Systems Division - South 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Consumer Solutions Division - West 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oliver Technologies Inc. 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Insight FS - Jefferson 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Miltrim Farms Inc. 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barron Live Haul 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clifford A Chier Resource Center 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR ThedaCare Regional Medical Center Appleton 1,649 FTE
CITY-NEAR ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton 1,563 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Operations 1,321 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fox Valley Technical College (WI) 1,279 FTE
NAT-TCR De Ruijter International USA, Inc. 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Vehicle Service Center 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR XQC 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Westwind Concrete 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Folsom 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Pediatric Group - Chantilly 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE 600 Irving 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roers Construction Company 63 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.