Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · Kansas

Young's Welding, Inc.

Chanute, KS · ~59 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Young's Welding, Inc. runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Young's Welding, Inc.: 4.2 TCR = 126% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Young's Welding, Inc. safety composite

Young's Welding, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−5.0

2020→2024

Young's Welding, Inc. injury rate improved

Young's Welding, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.0 from 5.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=5.0 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Chanute, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 126% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/22
  • PHOTO Brenham TX - Structu…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brenham TX - Structures (0.0 TCR gap)

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Young's Welding, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Young's Welding, Inc. averages 4.2 TCR (126% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Young's Welding, Inc. TCR series: 2020=5 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Young's Welding, Inc. falls in its industry

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 22 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in Kansas.

Young's Welding, Inc. (59 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Young's Welding, Inc.
Young's Welding, Inc. (59 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Young's Welding, Inc. has more employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.9 2.0 2 0 0
2022 8.3 6.2 4 0 0
2021 3.5 3.5 2 0 0
2020 5.0 5.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · KS · Chanute

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 22 employers in Chanute, KS · 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 Brenham TX - Structures 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CST Industries DeKalb 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR JD2, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ohio Moulding 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southland Service Center 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smoky Hill Construction 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE KDI Operating Company 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amarr Entrematic Shawnee 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center 344 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orizon Chanute Assembly 267 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 111 228 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hi Lo Industries 228 FTE
NAT-TCR Republic National Industries of Texas, LP - Marshall Plant 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Danbury Hospital Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Uniparts Olsen, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR The Riverside Hotel 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Campbell Construction, Inc. 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Willer Tool Corporation 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE LOMA 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE MTW ACQUISITIONS INC dba MTN View Chevrolet 59 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.