Welding machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Iowa
Superior Welding Supply CO
Waterloo, IA · ~39 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Superior Welding Supply CO runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Welding machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Superior Welding Supply CO: 3.3 TCR = 152% of Welding machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Superior Welding Supply CO safety composite
Superior Welding Supply CO scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.34 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Superior Welding Supply CO: 0.0 → 2.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 11.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2024
Superior Welding Supply CO's TCR rose 2.3 from 0.0 in 2021 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423830 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 3.3 · 152% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #7/14
- PHOTO Hydro Systems USA
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~39 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hydro Systems USA (0.0 TCR gap)
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Superior Welding Supply CO in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Raymond Storag
Raymond Storage Concepts - Louisville
3.4 TCR
- Warehouse
Warehouse
3.4 TCR
- This site
Superior Welding Supply CO
3.3 TCR
- Hydro Systems
Hydro Systems USA
3.3 TCR
- Heavy Duty Reb
Heavy Duty Rebuilders Supply
3.3 TCR
What this shows Superior Welding Supply CO averages 3.3 TCR (152% of the Welding machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Superior Welding Supply CO TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=11.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 2.2
Where Superior Welding Supply CO falls in its industry
911 Welding machinery and equipmen establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 14 Welding machinery and equipmen employers in Iowa.
Superior Welding Supply CO has fewer employees than the Welding machinery and equipment merchant median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423830 · IA · Waterloo
911 Welding machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 172 employers in Waterloo, IA · 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 | Hydro Systems USA | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Raymond Storage Concepts - Louisville | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Warehouse | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Heavy Duty Rebuilders Supply | 3.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | GGDC | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corteva Agriscience: MRN1: Marion IA R&D | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Electric Production | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Crystal Lake | 39 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Black Hawk County Extension | 4,790 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Waterloo Pork Plant | 2,801 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UnityPoint | 2,295 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations | 1,605 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Oxford Grand SCV, LLC | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gp&C Operations Reno | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NationsBenefits LLC Davie Distribution Center | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Driverge - Ladson | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Superior | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | McClone Construction-HI | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Agricultural Harvesting | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MAJOR LEAGUE FISHING LLC - Benton, KY | 39 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.