Precast concrete pipe manufacturing · Illinois

Welch Bros.., Inc.

Elgin, IL · ~162 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Welch Bros.., Inc. runs at 212% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Precast concrete pipe manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Welch Bros.., Inc.: 7.0 TCR = 212% of Precast concrete pipe manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Welch Bros.., Inc. safety composite

Welch Bros.., Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−3.6

2016→2024

Welch Bros.., Inc. injury rate improved

Welch Bros.., Inc.'s TCR fell 3.6 from 9.7 in 2016 to 6.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.7 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=9.4 · 2019=9.2 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327332 · Elgin, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 212% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #4/6
  • PHOTO RINKER - HOUCP2
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 108 inj
  • SIZE ~162 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RINKER - HOUCP2 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Welch Bros.., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Welch Bros.., Inc. averages 7.0 TCR (212% of the Precast concrete pipe manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Welch Bros.., Inc. TCR series: 2016=9.7 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=9.4 · 2019=9.2 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Welch Bros.., Inc. falls in its industry

145 Precast concrete pipe manufact establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Precast concrete pipe manufact employers in Illinois.

Welch Bros.., Inc. (162 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Welch Bros.., Inc.
Welch Bros.., Inc. (162 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Welch Bros.., Inc. has more employees than the Precast concrete pipe manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 6.1 4.7 17 0 0
2023 6.7 4.1 18 0 0
2022 3.9 1.9 7 1 0
2021 6.5 1.5 13 0 0
2019 9.2 2.9 16 0 0
2018 9.4 0.0 15 0 0
2017 4.5 1.3 7 0 0
2016 9.7 2.4 15 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327332 · IL · Elgin

145 Precast concrete pipe manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 250 employers in Elgin, 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 RINKER - HOUCP2 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rib Falls 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc. 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lino Lakes/ Field 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Miner Enterprises 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE PHRG CHI 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE Landmarc Environmental Systems, LLC 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie Farms Dairy Granite City 162 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Sherman Hospital 1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son 987 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Elgin 986 FTE
CITY-NEAR American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin 774 FTE
NAT-TCR Great Bend Feeding 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Price Rite Store 358 Seekonk 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Johnston 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Galleria Park Hotel 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shared Hospital Services Corporation 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE CJ Pony Parts 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wayne Medical Center 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE ModuleXSolutions 162 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, 2017, 2016. 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.