Steel cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing · Wisconsin

Ball Metalpack - Deforest, WI

Deforest, WI · ~77 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ball Metalpack - Deforest, WI runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Steel cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Ball Metalpack - Deforest, WI: 1.5 TCR = 44% of Steel cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ball Metalpack - Deforest, WI safety composite

Ball Metalpack - Deforest, WI scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−1.7

2019→2021

Ball Metalpack - Deforest, WI injury rate improved

Ball Metalpack - Deforest, WI's TCR fell 1.7 from 1.7 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.7 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332431 · Deforest, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 44% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/18
  • PHOTO Waussau East - D104
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waussau East - D104 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ball Metalpack - Deforest, WI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ball Metalpack - Deforest, WI averages 1.5 TCR (44% of the Steel cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ball Metalpack - Deforest, WI TCR series: 2019=1.7 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ball Metalpack - Deforest, WI falls in its industry

217 Steel cans, light gauge metal, establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

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 18 Steel cans, light gauge metal, employers in Wisconsin.

Ball Metalpack - Deforest, WI (77 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Ball Metalpack - Deforest, WI
Ball Metalpack - Deforest, WI (77 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Ball Metalpack - Deforest, WI has fewer employees than the Steel cans, light gauge metal, manufactu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.7 1.3 2 0 0
2019 1.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332431 · WI · Deforest

217 Steel cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 45 employers in Deforest, 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 Waussau East - D104 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. - Winter Garden Plant 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Silgan Containers Kenosha 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Silgan Containers Waupun 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE SWLP USC 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Joe Daniels Construction Co., Inc. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pember Companies, Inc. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE US201: Milwaukee 336 - SG 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hooper - WI 781 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABS Global 598 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABS Global - Deforest 561 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Girl Deforest 213 FTE
NAT-TCR Fugazy Sports & Entertainment LLC NY 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Clerk of the Board 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Victoria's Secret Store (1104) 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Westmoor Building 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE American Beverage Corporation 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tri-State Home Services, LLC 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edgewood ParkWood Place 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE US009: Birmingham 205 - SG 77 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. 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.