Arc welding equipment manufacturing · Indiana
Voestalpine Bohler welding USA Technology
Portage, IN · ~51 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Voestalpine Bohler welding USA Technology runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Arc welding equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.4
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 4
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Voestalpine Bohler welding USA Technology's OSHA Total Case Rate of 5.4 to the Arc welding equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (162% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Voestalpine Bohler welding USA Technology's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Voestalpine Bohler welding USA Technology falls in its industry
147 Arc welding equipment manufact establishmentsSafer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Arc welding equipment manufact employers in Indiana.
Trend analysis for Voestalpine Bohler welding USA Technology
Between 2019 and 2022, Voestalpine Bohler welding USA Technology's Total Case Rate improved from 7.0 to 3.7 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 48% decrease across 3 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 3.7, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 7.0, a spread of 3.4 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Voestalpine Bohler welding USA Technology recorded 4 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 4 injuries, 1 illnesses shown on this page for Voestalpine Bohler welding USA Technology are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 333992 - Arc welding equipment manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2022)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 109,063 hours worked = 1.83 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Voestalpine Bohler welding USA Technology (this establishment) | 5.36 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Soldering equipment (except hand held) manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 333992 |
| Indiana state avg (all industries) | 4.53 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Voestalpine Bohler welding USA Technology to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2022: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 3 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Voestalpine Bohler welding USA Technology's reported OSHA injury record versus its Arc welding equipment manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 162% of the Arc welding equipment manufacturing benchmark, Voestalpine Bohler welding USA Technology reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Arc welding equipment manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.