Bolts, metal, manufacturing · Ohio

SEF - Nelson Stud Welding

Elyria, OH · ~106 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SEF - Nelson Stud Welding runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bolts, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

SEF - Nelson Stud Welding: 3.0 TCR = 91% of Bolts, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SEF - Nelson Stud Welding safety composite

SEF - Nelson Stud Welding scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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%).

SEF - Nelson Stud Welding held a steady TCR band

SEF - Nelson Stud Welding's TCR held near 0.1 from 4.5 in 2022 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332722 · Elyria, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 91% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #12/38
  • PHOTO SMW Manufacturing, B…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~106 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SMW Manufacturing, Belleville, MI (0.0 TCR gap)

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SEF - Nelson Stud Welding in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SEF - Nelson Stud Welding averages 3.0 TCR (91% of the Bolts, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

SEF - Nelson Stud Welding TCR series: 2022=4.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where SEF - Nelson Stud Welding falls in its industry

335 Bolts, metal, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 38 Bolts, metal, manufacturing employers in Ohio.

SEF - Nelson Stud Welding (106 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate SEF - Nelson Stud Welding
SEF - Nelson Stud Welding (106 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 3.5

SEF - Nelson Stud Welding has more employees than the Bolts, metal, manufacturing 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 4.5 2.7 4 1 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.5 1.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332722 · OH · Elyria

335 Bolts, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 118 employers in Elyria, OH · 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 SMW Manufacturing, Belleville, MI 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR All Pro Fasteners Inc 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ramco Specialties 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allfast Fastening Systems, Inc 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Warren Roofing & Insulating Company 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Contractors, Inc. - DuPont 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metcon Ltd 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE Witmer's Feed & Grain Inc 106 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elyria Medical Center 1,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC - Elyria 680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ridge Tool 655 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4255 404 FTE
NAT-TCR GLST3 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR NYSEG Lancaster 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR TMX2108 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Alta Enterprises LLC- Shrewsbury 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Michigan Milk Producers Association Ovid 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tricore Systems, LLC 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fougera Pharmaceuticals Melville Site 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Taylor Water Technologies - Main 106 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.