Welding repair services (e.g., automotive, general) · California

Thomas Welding & Machine, Inc.

Chico, CA · ~68 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thomas Welding & Machine, Inc. runs at 362% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Welding repair services (e.g., automotive, general) workplace, earning a grade F.

Thomas Welding & Machine, Inc.: 7.6 TCR = 362% of Welding repair services (e.g., automotive, general) BLS 2.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thomas Welding & Machine, Inc. safety composite

Thomas Welding & Machine, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.9

2017→2020

Thomas Welding & Machine, Inc. injury rate improved

Thomas Welding & Machine, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.9 from 11.2 in 2017 to 7.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.2 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=7.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 811310 · Chico, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 362% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #130/148
  • PHOTO Midwest Refrigeratio…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Midwest Refrigeration Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Thomas Welding & Machine, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Thomas Welding & Machine, Inc. averages 7.6 TCR (362% of the Welding repair services (e.g., automotive, general) BLS benchmark).

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

Thomas Welding & Machine, Inc. TCR series: 2017=11.2 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=7.3 · BLS 2.1

Where Thomas Welding & Machine, Inc. falls in its industry

2,560 Welding repair services (e.g., establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #130 safest of 148 Welding repair services (e.g., employers in California.

Thomas Welding & Machine, Inc. (68 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Thomas Welding & Machine, Inc.
Thomas Welding & Machine, Inc. (68 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Thomas Welding & Machine, Inc. has more employees than the Welding repair services (e.g., automotiv median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2020 7.3 1.8 4 0 0
2019 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2018 8.8 8.8 6 0 0
2017 11.2 4.8 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

811310 · CA · Chico

2,560 Welding repair services (e.g., automotive, general) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 189 employers in Chico, CA · 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 Midwest Refrigeration Corporation 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-Mid-Atlantic : SVC-Wilkes-Barre PA-USA 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Centurion Container South Holland 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Equipment Solutions 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE California Valley Land Co. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE MCFFO 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE VinePro Vineyard Management, Inc. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knights Grapevine Nursery 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-11 4,124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Enloe Medical Center Employees 3,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 72 2,394 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 521 2,370 FTE
NAT-TCR Station 66 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid-Hudson Bridge 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR HPI-NY 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR FiberPro Inc. 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Enfield Operation 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cardinal Health (Weston DC) 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE WHI Cincinnati Downtown Management LLC 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Insteel Wire Products - St. Joseph, MO 68 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.