Commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services · Pennsylvania
Weldship
Bethlehem, PA · ~72 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 5.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Weldship runs at 260% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services workplace, earning a grade F.
Weldship: 5.5 TCR = 260% of Commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services BLS 2.1 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Weldship safety composite
Weldship scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Weldship: 1.2 → 9.1 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 11.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.83× in 2024
Weldship's TCR rose 7.8 from 1.2 in 2016 to 9.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 811310 · Bethlehem, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 5.5 · 260% of ind
- DART 4.5 DART
- RANK #109/137
- PHOTO Crown Lift Trucks Ch…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 35 inj
- SIZE ~72 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Crown Lift Trucks Charleston (0.0 TCR gap)
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Weldship in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Weldship
5.5 TCR
- Crown Lift Tru
Crown Lift Trucks Charleston
5.5 TCR
- Hussmann Servi
Hussmann Services Corporation- New Orleans
5.5 TCR
- Carilion Clini
Carilion Clinic Property Maintenance Co. 25
5.5 TCR
- Miner Southwes
Miner Southwest
5.5 TCR
What this shows Weldship averages 5.5 TCR (260% of the Commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services BLS benchmark).
Weldship TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=9.7 · 2019=8.3 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=11.4 · 2024=9.1 · BLS 2.1
Where Weldship falls in its industry
2,560 Commercial and industrial mach establishmentsSafer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #109 safest of 137 Commercial and industrial mach employers in Pennsylvania.
Weldship has more employees than the Commercial and industrial machinery repa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.4 | 7.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.7 | 6.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
811310 · PA · Bethlehem
2,560 Commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 358 employers in Bethlehem, PA · 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 | Crown Lift Trucks Charleston | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hussmann Services Corporation- New Orleans | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Carilion Clinic Property Maintenance Co. 25 | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Miner Southwest | 5.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Esbenshade Mount Joy | 72 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Maple Lawn Associates | 72 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kreider Farms - Middletown Egg | 72 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ken Davis Mushroom Farms | 72 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Luke's Hospital | 5,338 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Luke's Physician's Group | 3,041 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LVH-Muhlenberg | 2,139 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4087 | 2,105 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Greek Peak Holdings, LLC | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | OSL 10507 Oak Creek Operating LLC | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | US Drop Forge | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kawasaki Motors Mfg. Corp. USA Maryville | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | JRC Virginia | 72 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lsp Nj | 72 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gaithersburg, MD | 72 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Paragon Services, Inc. | 72 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.