Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g., putty knives, scrapers, screwdrivers) · Wisconsin

A & E Tools

Racine, WI · ~151 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A & E Tools runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g., putty knives, scrapers, screwdrivers) workplace, earning a grade C.

A & E Tools: 2.9 TCR = 87% of Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g., putty knives, scrapers, screwdrivers) BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A & E Tools safety composite

A & E Tools scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

Rising injury rate

A & E Tools: 0.8 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2024

A & E Tools's TCR rose 1.2 from 0.8 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332216 · Racine, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 87% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #6/14
  • PHOTO Dynamic Dies Holland
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~151 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dynamic Dies Holland (0.0 TCR gap)

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A & E Tools in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A & E Tools averages 2.9 TCR (87% of the Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g., putty knives, scrapers, screwdrivers) BLS benchmark).

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

A & E Tools TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=6 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=2 · BLS 3.3

Where A & E Tools falls in its industry

174 Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g. establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 14 Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g. employers in Wisconsin.

A & E Tools (151 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 A & E Tools
A & E Tools (151 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 3.6

A & E Tools has more employees than the Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g., putty kn median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 2.0 2.0 3 0 0
2023 5.1 4.4 7 0 0
2022 6.1 4.8 9 0 0
2021 6.0 4.2 9 1 0
2020 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2019 1.8 1.2 3 0 0
2018 1.8 0.0 3 0 0
2017 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.8 0.0 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332216 · WI · Racine

174 Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g., putty knives, scrapers, screwdrivers) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 111 employers in Racine, WI · 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 Dynamic Dies Holland 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stone Manufacturing & Supply Company Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Malco Products De Witt 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orbix dba Gearench 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Barron Grow Out 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Uihlein Electric 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kerry-Manitowoc 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Bay, WI Facility 151 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-WIMIL98 1,550 FTE
CITY-NEAR Racine Offices 1,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR WIMIL98 ASCENSION ALL SAINTS HOSP - SPRING STREET 1,297 FTE
CITY-NEAR CNH Industrial - Racine Offices 944 FTE
NAT-TCR Nevada 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Pleasant Valley Nursing Center 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Humphrey Mechanical, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Styline Logistics Indiana 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pregis- Grand Rapids 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE BB 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE McCormick Distilling Co., Inc. 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manchester NH 151 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, 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.