Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Illinois

Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, LLC

Arthur, IL · ~74 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, LLC runs at 179% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, LLC: 5.9 TCR = 179% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, LLC safety composite

Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 44% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−14.6

2017→2024

Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, LLC injury rate improved

Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, LLC's TCR fell 14.6 from 16.8 in 2017 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.8 · 2018=9.6 · 2019=6.0 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Arthur, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 179% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #35/51
  • PHOTO Home Base
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Home Base (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, LLC averages 5.9 TCR (179% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, LLC TCR series: 2017=16.8 · 2018=9.6 · 2019=6 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, LLC falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 51 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Illinois.

Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, LLC (74 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, LLC
Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, LLC (74 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, LLC has more 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
2024 2.2 2.2 3 0 0
2023 3.3 3.3 4 0 0
2022 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2021 3.5 3.5 3 0 0
2020 5.2 2.1 5 0 1
2019 6.0 4.8 4 1 0
2018 9.6 3.8 10 0 0
2017 16.8 0.0 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · IL · Arthur

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 12 employers in Arthur, IL · 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 Home Base 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley Joist East 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 072 LCI 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ventower Industries 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience LLC 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept. 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Normandy Construction Co. Inc 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE 105652 - Cass County Solar 150 MW AC 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHI Overhead Doors, Arthur 829 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arthur, IL 811 FTE
CITY-NEAR Masterbrand 477 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arthur CUSD #305 203 FTE
NAT-TCR Vibram Corporation 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Home Base 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwood Facility 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Schertz 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE EKC Technology, Inc 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woodland Hills Campus 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kirby Morgan Dive Systems, Inc. 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tree Island Wire USA, Inc. San Bernardino 74 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.