Concrete batch plants (including temporary) · Illinois

Welsch Ready Mix Inc.

Oak Forest, IL · ~112 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Welsch Ready Mix Inc. runs at 215% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Concrete batch plants (including temporary) workplace, earning a grade F.

Welsch Ready Mix Inc.: 7.1 TCR = 215% of Concrete batch plants (including temporary) BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Welsch Ready Mix Inc. safety composite

Welsch Ready Mix Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

−3.0

2017→2024

Welsch Ready Mix Inc. injury rate improved

Welsch Ready Mix Inc.'s TCR fell 3.0 from 6.9 in 2017 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 14.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=10.9 · 2020=9.6 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=14.6 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327320 · Oak Forest, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 215% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #29/34
  • PHOTO Johnson City
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 51 inj
  • SIZE ~112 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Johnson City (0.0 TCR gap)

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Welsch Ready Mix Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Welsch Ready Mix Inc. averages 7.1 TCR (215% of the Concrete batch plants (including temporary) BLS benchmark).

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

Welsch Ready Mix Inc. TCR series: 2017=6.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=10.9 · 2020=9.6 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=14.6 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Welsch Ready Mix Inc. falls in its industry

1,316 Concrete batch plants (includi establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 34 Concrete batch plants (includi employers in Illinois.

Welsch Ready Mix Inc. (112 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Welsch Ready Mix Inc.
Welsch Ready Mix Inc. (112 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Welsch Ready Mix Inc. has more employees than the Concrete batch plants (including tempora median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 3.9 3.0 4 0 0
2023 5.4 4.3 5 0 0
2022 14.6 7.3 13 1 0
2021 5.4 4.3 5 0 0
2020 9.6 5.3 9 0 0
2019 10.9 5.5 10 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 6.9 6.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327320 · IL · Oak Forest

1,316 Concrete batch plants (including temporary) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 26 employers in Oak Forest, 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 Johnson City 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR BURNCO MILLIKEN 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Santa Fe Springs Plant #10 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Consolidated Concrete LLC 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Home Forever Baths Company (DBA- Pacific Bath Chicago) 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lindblad Construction Company of Joliet, Inc. 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE G. E. Riddiford Company, Inc. 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE FE Moran Special Hazards 112 FTE
CITY-NEAR OAK FOREST 765 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARBOR - ARBOR PARK SD 145 409 FTE
CITY-NEAR Legendary Baking Oak Forest 237 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-000003163 186 FTE
NAT-TCR Orange County Erectors, Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sonesta ES Suites San Jose Airport 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunny View 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR United Freight & Transport, Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pensacola Bay Center 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Summit 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Concrete Enterprises LLC 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE EWR 112 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.