Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing · Wisconsin

Bardes Plastics, Inc

Milwaukee, WI · ~30 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bardes Plastics, Inc runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Bardes Plastics, Inc: 4.5 TCR = 136% of Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bardes Plastics, Inc safety composite

Bardes Plastics, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−6.4

2016→2024

Bardes Plastics, Inc injury rate improved

Bardes Plastics, Inc's TCR fell 6.4 from 9.8 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.8 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=9.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2024=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Milwaukee, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 136% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #117/166
  • PHOTO ASH Industries, Inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ASH Industries, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bardes Plastics, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bardes Plastics, Inc averages 4.5 TCR (136% of the Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Bardes Plastics, Inc TCR series: 2016=9.8 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=9.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=0 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Bardes Plastics, Inc falls in its industry

2,838 Septic tanks, plastics or fibe establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #117 safest of 166 Septic tanks, plastics or fibe employers in Wisconsin.

Bardes Plastics, Inc (30 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 Bardes Plastics, Inc
Bardes Plastics, Inc (30 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Bardes Plastics, Inc has fewer employees than the Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 9.8 3.3 3 0 0
2018 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2017 6.2 3.1 2 0 0
2016 9.8 9.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · WI · Milwaukee

2,838 Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR ASH Industries, Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Monroe Division 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Polaris Austintown 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mergon Corporation 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wayside Nurseries Inc 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hwy 37 Farms 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Mills Complex (LMC) 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tomah Receiving 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center 7,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR FROEDTERT HOSPITAL 7,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milwaukee Hospital 3,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR Childrens Hospital - Milw Campus 2,851 FTE
NAT-TCR AnMed Health Cannon 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Indiana Stamp Co., Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cincinnati Reds 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR DFW01 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Menke Poured Walls 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gulfport,MS 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Enid Ok 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Genesis Energy,L.P. - North Louisiana Trucking 30 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, 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.