Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors · Massachusetts

Rens Welding & Fabricating, Inc.

Taunton, MA · ~31 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rens Welding & Fabricating, Inc. runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Rens Welding & Fabricating, Inc.: 1.7 TCR = 62% of Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rens Welding & Fabricating, Inc. safety composite

Rens Welding & Fabricating, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−5.3

2016→2024

Rens Welding & Fabricating, Inc. injury rate improved

Rens Welding & Fabricating, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.3 from 5.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=6.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Taunton, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 62% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/13
  • PHOTO Northwest Steel Erec…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Northwest Steel Erection Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rens Welding & Fabricating, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rens Welding & Fabricating, Inc. averages 1.7 TCR (62% of the Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Rens Welding & Fabricating, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=6 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Rens Welding & Fabricating, Inc. falls in its industry

705 Structural steel erecting or i establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 13 Structural steel erecting or i employers in Massachusetts.

Rens Welding & Fabricating, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Rens Welding & Fabricating, Inc.
Rens Welding & Fabricating, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Rens Welding & Fabricating, Inc. has fewer employees than the Structural steel erecting or iron work c median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.0 0.0 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2016 5.3 5.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · MA · Taunton

705 Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 114 employers in Taunton, MA · 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 Northwest Steel Erection Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Douglas Steel Erection Company 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quinco Contracting 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barnett Steel Erection Inc. 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE MILLBURY LEARNING CENTER-MA22 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE One Tech Circle 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Raffles Unit 28C 40 Trinity Place 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Biotech Builders Group 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR MA-03 4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taunton, Mass 1,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR MORTON HOSPITAL 1,097 FTE
CITY-NEAR HMATN01 740 FTE
NAT-TCR Mueller Inc (OMC) 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Parr Instrument Company 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR California Children Services Med Therapy Unit 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Jackson Concrete, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE GSS Centro Monitoreo 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clegg's Termite & Pest Control - Smithfield 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jim Brisco Enterprises, Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 8035 31 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.