Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Illinois

Walters Metal Fabrication, inc

Granite City, IL · ~78 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Walters Metal Fabrication, inc runs at 8% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Walters Metal Fabrication, inc: 0.3 TCR = 8% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Walters Metal Fabrication, inc safety composite

Walters Metal Fabrication, inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

Walters Metal Fabrication, inc held a steady TCR band

Walters Metal Fabrication, inc's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Granite City, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 8% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/51
  • PHOTO KC Structural Steel,…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KC Structural Steel, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Walters Metal Fabrication, inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Walters Metal Fabrication, inc averages 0.3 TCR (8% 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

Walters Metal Fabrication, inc TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Walters Metal Fabrication, inc falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 99% 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 #1 safest of 51 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Illinois.

Walters Metal Fabrication, inc (78 employees, TCR 0.3) 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 Walters Metal Fabrication, inc
Walters Metal Fabrication, inc (78 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Walters Metal Fabrication, inc has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · IL · Granite City

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 80 employers in Granite City, 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 KC Structural Steel, Inc. 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR The STI Group Fab, Vidor 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Agate Steel Inc 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 104302 - RGV (04) 0.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bedford Grow LLC 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waukegan Station 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago West Tech 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corn Belt Energy Corporation 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR Granite City Works 976 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amsted Rail Company Inc 797 FTE
CITY-NEAR Granite City Plant 563 FTE
CITY-NEAR icon Mechanical LLC 448 FTE
NAT-TCR Otis Elevator Company-San Jose 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Southeast Pump Specialist Inc. 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Andy J. Egan Company, Inc. 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ware 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE DuMolin Community Living 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mapei 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Custom Electronics Inc 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harmony Village at Jackson 78 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.