Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing · Wisconsin

Apple Steel Rule Die Co., Inc.

Name: Apple Steel Rule Die Co., Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Milwaukee, WI · ~27 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Apple Steel Rule Die Co., Inc. runs at 245% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Apple Steel Rule Die Co., Inc.: 8.1 TCR = 245% of Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Apple Steel Rule Die Co., Inc. safety composite

Apple Steel Rule Die Co., Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

Apple Steel Rule Die Co., Inc.: 5.9 → 10.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Apple Steel Rule Die Co., Inc.'s TCR rose 4.3 from 5.9 in 2023 to 10.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Milwaukee, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 245% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #36/37
PHOTO Positive Industries
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Positive Industries (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Apple Steel Rule Die Co., Inc. averages 8.1 TCR (245% of the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Apple Steel Rule Die Co., Inc. TCR series: 2023=5.9 · 2024=10.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Apple Steel Rule Die Co., Inc. falls in its industry

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 37 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma employers in Wisconsin.

Apple Steel Rule Die Co., Inc. (27 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Apple Steel Rule Die Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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	10.2	0.0	2	0	0
2023	5.9	5.9	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · WI · Milwaukee

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 980 employers in Milwaukee, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Positive Industries	FRASER, MI	8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Waukesha Metal Products - Grafton	GRAFTON, WI	8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Corsair Engineering Inc.	FLINT, MI	8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Greenville Tool & Die	GREENVILLE, MI	8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lake Mills Corporate Office	LAKE MILLS	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Chilton Dairy, LLC	CHILTON	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cooperative Resources International - Distribution Center	SHAWANO	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Steam Service Headquarters	MILWAUKEE	27 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center	Milwaukee	7,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FROEDTERT HOSPITAL	Milwaukee	7,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Milwaukee Hospital	Milwaukee	3,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Childrens Hospital - Milw Campus	Milwaukee	2,851 FTE
NAT-TCR	Txdel - Del Rio	Del Rio, TX	8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Glen Ivy Hot Springs	Corona, CA	8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Carver County Community Development Agency	Chaska, MN	8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Keslaw Logistics LLC	Denver, CO	8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	M & R Contracting Inc	Lock Haven, PA	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	East Dallas TX Millwork	Dallas, TX	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Initiative Foundation	Little Falls, MN	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Companion at Home, LLC	Guthrie, OK	27 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.