Castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel), manufacturing · Wisconsin

Appleton Grp. LLC. - South Milwaukee Foundry

South Milwaukee, WI · ~112 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Appleton Grp. LLC. - South Milwaukee Foundry runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Appleton Grp. LLC. - South Milwaukee Foundry: 3.5 TCR = 105% of Castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Appleton Grp. LLC. - South Milwaukee Foundry safety composite

Appleton Grp. LLC. - South Milwaukee Foundry scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.8

2016→2019

Appleton Grp. LLC. - South Milwaukee Foundry injury rate improved

Appleton Grp. LLC. - South Milwaukee Foundry's TCR fell 2.8 from 5.8 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · South Milwaukee, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 105% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #7/39
  • PHOTO KANSAS CASTINGS INC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~112 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KANSAS CASTINGS INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Appleton Grp. LLC. - South Milwaukee Foundry in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Appleton Grp. LLC. - South Milwaukee Foundry averages 3.5 TCR (105% of the Castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Appleton Grp. LLC. - South Milwaukee Foundry TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Appleton Grp. LLC. - South Milwaukee Foundry falls in its industry

272 Castings, unfinished iron (e.g establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 39 Castings, unfinished iron (e.g employers in Wisconsin.

Appleton Grp. LLC. - South Milwaukee Foundry (112 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Appleton Grp. LLC. - South Milwaukee Foundry
Appleton Grp. LLC. - South Milwaukee Foundry (112 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Appleton Grp. LLC. - South Milwaukee Foundry has more employees than the Castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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
2019 3.1 2.3 4 0 0
2018 3.1 1.6 4 0 0
2017 1.8 1.8 2 0 0
2016 5.8 1.9 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · WI · South Milwaukee

272 Castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 20 employers in South Milwaukee, 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 KANSAS CASTINGS INC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Austin Gray Iron Foundry 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gunite Corporation 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clow Valve Company - Metal Casting Facility 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Northside Elevator Loyal 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Denali Ingredients Calhoun 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Birchwood Plant 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woodport Doors LLC 112 FTE
CITY-NEAR SOUTH MILWAUKEE WI 400 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Milwaukee Facility 276 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5667 238 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5667 237 FTE
NAT-TCR Doubletree Laurel 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0020 2554 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0027 0563 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 1258 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 50 Randolph Rd Rear 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Y Foods, Inc. Ansonia 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6962-Abs 0028 2586 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-Abs 0030 0047 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: 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.