Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Ohio

Swanton Welding & Machining / Heavy Fab

Name: Swanton Welding & Machining / Heavy Fab Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Wauseon, OH · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 11.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Swanton Welding & Machining / Heavy Fab runs at 337% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Swanton Welding & Machining / Heavy Fab: 11.1 TCR = 337% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Swanton Welding & Machining / Heavy Fab safety composite

Swanton Welding & Machining / Heavy Fab scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 11.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

Swanton Welding & Machining / Heavy Fab: 0.0 → 22.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 22.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.29× in 2018

Swanton Welding & Machining / Heavy Fab's TCR rose 22.2 from 0.0 in 2017 to 22.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Wauseon, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.1 · 337% of ind

DART 3.2 DART
RANK #76/81
PHOTO Manufacturing
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Swanton Welding & Machining / Heavy Fab averages 11.1 TCR (337% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Swanton Welding & Machining / Heavy Fab TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=22.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Swanton Welding & Machining / Heavy Fab falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #76 safest of 81 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Ohio.

Swanton Welding & Machining / Heavy Fab (36 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Swanton Welding & Machining / Heavy Fab has fewer employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2018	22.2	3.2	7	0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · OH · Wauseon

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 24 employers in Wauseon, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Manufacturing	WAMEGO, KS	11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tulley Steel and Supplies	BRIDGETON, MO	11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Poseidon Barge - Berne	BERNE, IN	11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Gerdau - Raleigh RS	RALEIGH, NC	11.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	STEYER SEEDS LLC	TIFFIN	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Biosecurity Building	FT. RECOVERY	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BrennCo Inc	ELIDA	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	EAST CREEK FARM LLC	NEW BREMEN	36 FTE
CITY-NEAR	IAC Wauseon LLC	Wauseon	711 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fulton County Health Center	Wauseon	709 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Haas Door Company	Wauseon	394 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Haas Door Company Wauseon	Wauseon	336 FTE
NAT-TCR	Gaithersburg-Package Center (Mdgai)	Gaithersburg, MD	11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-Swy 0024 0063	Ferndale, WA	11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Consolidated Construction Co., Inc. ND	Bismarck, ND	11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Theodore MOB	Theodore, AL	11.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Northwest Community Healthcare Medical Group at 500	Palatine, IL	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BFX Fire	Weatherford, TX	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sodexo at Lhp Bay Transport	Panama City, FL	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5290	Garland, TX	36 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.