Arc welding equipment manufacturing · Illinois

Weld-Rite Services Inc.

Bedford Park, IL · ~62 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Weld-Rite Services Inc. runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Arc welding equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Weld-Rite Services Inc.: 6.2 TCR = 188% of Arc welding equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Weld-Rite Services Inc. safety composite

Weld-Rite Services Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−9.8

2021→2024

Weld-Rite Services Inc. injury rate improved

Weld-Rite Services Inc.'s TCR fell 9.8 from 11.5 in 2021 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=11.5 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333992 · Bedford Park, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 188% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #9/10
  • PHOTO Fire and Marine Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fire and Marine Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Weld-Rite Services Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Weld-Rite Services Inc. averages 6.2 TCR (188% of the Arc welding equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Weld-Rite Services Inc. TCR series: 2021=11.5 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Weld-Rite Services Inc. falls in its industry

129 Arc welding equipment manufact establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 10 Arc welding equipment manufact employers in Illinois.

Weld-Rite Services Inc. (62 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Weld-Rite Services Inc.
Weld-Rite Services Inc. (62 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Weld-Rite Services Inc. has fewer employees than the Arc welding equipment manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2023 6.6 5.0 4 0 0
2022 5.1 3.8 4 0 0
2021 11.5 7.7 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333992 · IL · Bedford Park

129 Arc welding equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 140 employers in Bedford Park, 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 Fire and Marine Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Welform Electrodes, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARCOS Industries LLC 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Lincoln Electric Company - Mentor 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dupont Pioneer Mcleansboro MCL1 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hinsdale Nurseries, Inc. - Plano 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE 03U - Electric Field Meter Services 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Tech Services 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR MDWPW9669 MDW - OPS 1,757 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILBED - BEDFORD PARK 1,041 FTE
CITY-NEAR BEDFORD PARK (ILBED) 835 FTE
CITY-NEAR 161546-SOUTH SUBURBAN IL P&DC 834 FTE
NAT-TCR Weaver Bros., Inc. Kenai Terminal 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Advanced Electrical and Motor Controls, LLC 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Let's Do Lunch, Inc. dba Integrated Food Service 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Air Systems 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE PalletSource, Inc. 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE In2gro Technologies LLC 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cygnet Automated Cleaning LLC. 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Milestone Greensboro GP LLC 62 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.