Precision turned product manufacturing · Wisconsin

Balax Inc.

North Lake, WI · ~91 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Balax Inc. runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Precision turned product manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Balax Inc.: 6.2 TCR = 187% of Precision turned product manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Balax Inc. safety composite

Balax Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

TCR Δ

−14.5

2016→2021

Balax Inc. injury rate improved

Balax Inc.'s TCR fell 14.5 from 15.8 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 15.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.8 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332721 · North Lake, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 187% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #23/32
  • PHOTO Oetiker Batavia
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oetiker Batavia (0.0 TCR gap)

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Balax Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Balax Inc. averages 6.2 TCR (187% of the Precision turned product manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Balax Inc. TCR series: 2016=15.8 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Balax Inc. falls in its industry

464 Precision turned product manuf establishments

Safer than 22% 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 #23 safest of 32 Precision turned product manuf employers in Wisconsin.

Balax Inc. (91 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Balax Inc.
Balax Inc. (91 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Balax Inc. has more employees than the Precision turned product manufacturing median and a higher 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
2021 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2020 4.2 0.0 4 0 0
2019 5.9 2.0 3 3 0
2018 4.3 1.1 4 0 0
2017 5.6 1.1 4 1 0
2016 15.8 12.3 8 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332721 · WI · North Lake

464 Precision turned product manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 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 Oetiker Batavia 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Whittet-Higgins Company 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gates Albert, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sterling Machine Company 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Consolidated Construction Co., Inc. WI 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Security-Luebke Roofing Inc. 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Technical Center 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wigwam Mills 91 FTE
NAT-TCR Morsco Supply Co. #3004 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Riverhouse on the Deschutes (Bend OR) 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ServiceMaster of Dixon, Sterling and Rockfalls 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6795-16163B01TA 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE FF-Stratford CSC 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Bristal at West Babylon 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boulder Park Terrace 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heritage Manor - Carlinville #126 91 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.