Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel · Ohio

Welded Tubes, Inc.

Orwell, OH · ~149 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Welded Tubes, Inc. runs at 242% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel workplace, earning a grade F.

Welded Tubes, Inc.: 8.0 TCR = 242% of Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Welded Tubes, Inc. safety composite

Welded Tubes, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−6.4

2016→2019

Welded Tubes, Inc. injury rate improved

Welded Tubes, Inc.'s TCR fell 6.4 from 11.9 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.9 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331210 · Orwell, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 242% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #25/34
  • PHOTO Wheatland Tube - War…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~149 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wheatland Tube - Warren, OH (0.0 TCR gap)

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Welded Tubes, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Welded Tubes, Inc. averages 8.0 TCR (242% of the Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel BLS benchmark).

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

Welded Tubes, Inc. TCR series: 2016=11.9 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=5.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Welded Tubes, Inc. falls in its industry

329 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, loc establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 34 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, loc employers in Ohio.

Welded Tubes, Inc. (149 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Welded Tubes, Inc.
Welded Tubes, Inc. (149 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Welded Tubes, Inc. has more employees than the Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, s median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2019 5.4 2.3 5 2 0
2018 8.7 3.6 9 3 0
2017 5.9 0.7 9 0 0
2016 11.9 1.3 8 11 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331210 · OH · Orwell

329 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 10 employers in Orwell, OH · 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 Wheatland Tube - Warren, OH 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR US047: Tectron 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Z-Flex U.S. Inc. 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid-West Mfg. LLC - Chicago Heights Plant 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE OH Plant 149 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ullman Electric 149 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coca-Cola Columbus Syrup Plant 149 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Paper-Delaware 149 FTE
CITY-NEAR Masco Cabinetry Middlefield LLC Plant #3 594 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cabinetworks Group Middlefield LLC Plant #3 586 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cabinetworks Group Middlefield Plant #3 Orwell 556 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orwell 310 FTE
NAT-TCR 6962-Abs 0028 0802 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 0911 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Keystone Plant 57 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Joint Services Center 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Robert E Matthews Service Center 149 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marriott Nashville 149 FTE
NAT-SIZE Robins AFB 149 FTE
NAT-SIZE 10312 West Hampden Avenue 149 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.