Architectural metalwork merchant wholesalers · West Virginia

W. A. Wilson & Sons, Inc.

Wheeling, WV · ~93 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

W. A. Wilson & Sons, Inc. runs at 391% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Architectural metalwork merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

W. A. Wilson & Sons, Inc.: 8.6 TCR = 391% of Architectural metalwork merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

W. A. Wilson & Sons, Inc. safety composite

W. A. Wilson & Sons, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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%).

W. A. Wilson & Sons, Inc. held a steady TCR band

W. A. Wilson & Sons, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 11.6 in 2017 to 11.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.6 · 2018=10.9 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=7.6 · 2022=9.9 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=11.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423390 · Wheeling, WV ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 391% of ind

  • DART 9.4 DART
  • RANK P16
  • PHOTO Smalley Denver North
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 63 inj
  • SIZE ~93 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Smalley Denver North (0.3 TCR gap)

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W. A. Wilson & Sons, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows W. A. Wilson & Sons, Inc. averages 8.6 TCR (391% of the Architectural metalwork merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

W. A. Wilson & Sons, Inc. TCR series: 2017=11.6 · 2018=10.9 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=7.6 · 2022=9.9 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=11.8 · BLS 2.2

Where W. A. Wilson & Sons, Inc. falls in its industry

168 Architectural metalwork mercha establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
W. A. Wilson & Sons, Inc. (93 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate W. A. Wilson & Sons, Inc.
W. A. Wilson & Sons, Inc. (93 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.5

W. A. Wilson & Sons, Inc. has more employees than the Architectural metalwork merchant wholesa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 11.8 9.4 10 0 0
2023 4.5 3.3 4 0 0
2022 9.9 5.5 9 0 0
2021 7.6 5.4 7 0 0
2020 4.5 1.1 4 0 0
2019 8.2 6.1 8 0 0
2018 10.9 6.5 10 0 0
2017 11.6 3.1 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423390 · WV · Wheeling

168 Architectural metalwork merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,269 rated employers in West Virginia with headcount on file · 61 employers in Wheeling, WV · 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 Smalley Denver North 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AIG North Carolina 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Architectural Surfaces Tulsa 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR BUILDERS FENCE COMPANY, INC. SACRAMENTO 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Zim's Bagging 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brentwood Industries Inc. Martinsburg 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE NITRO WV (CHARLESTOWN) 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE 00820 - STORE # 820 ROMNEY 93 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wheeling Hospital 2,553 FTE
CITY-NEAR WH 2,462 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alecto Healthcare Services Ohio Valley Medical Center 920 FTE
CITY-NEAR DC-100 DISTRIBUTION RD WHEELING WV 649 FTE
NAT-TCR Kimball Railcar Services 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Owensboro 076 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR El Toro Water District 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CHAKM - Hampton Inn Kimball 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hartung Glass Industries Farmers Branch 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kelle Company Inc 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 1 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Liberty School 93 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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