Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing · Wisconsin

Blackman Inc/dba New Tech Metals

New Franken, WI · ~60 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blackman Inc/dba New Tech Metals runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Blackman Inc/dba New Tech Metals: 5.1 TCR = 154% of Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blackman Inc/dba New Tech Metals safety composite

Blackman Inc/dba New Tech Metals scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

Blackman Inc/dba New Tech Metals held a steady TCR band

Blackman Inc/dba New Tech Metals's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.3 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.3 · 2017=14.8 · 2018=6.4 · 2019=6.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · New Franken, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 154% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #22/53
  • PHOTO Morin East
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Morin East (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blackman Inc/dba New Tech Metals in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blackman Inc/dba New Tech Metals averages 5.1 TCR (154% of the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Blackman Inc/dba New Tech Metals TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=14.8 · 2018=6.4 · 2019=6.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Blackman Inc/dba New Tech Metals falls in its industry

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stamp establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 53 Sheet metal work (except stamp employers in Wisconsin.

Blackman Inc/dba New Tech Metals (60 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Blackman Inc/dba New Tech Metals
Blackman Inc/dba New Tech Metals (60 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Blackman Inc/dba New Tech Metals has more employees than the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2023 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2022 4.2 0.0 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 6.1 6.1 2 1 0
2018 6.4 6.4 3 0 0
2017 14.8 4.2 7 0 0
2016 2.3 2.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · WI · New Franken

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 4 employers in New Franken, 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 Morin East 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR USK Manufacturing, Inc 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Support Solution-LMT inc 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mapes Canopies LLC 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rock Prairie Dairy LLC 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steigerwaldt Land Services, Inc. 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valley Power Plant 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Horizon Construction Group 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dental Health Products, Inc. 186 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8350_18995 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Service Motor Company - New Franken 17 FTE
NAT-TCR Atec Shielding LLC 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 00-Northern Distribution Center 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Gabler Trucking Inc 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakestate Industries 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cadence McShane Construction - Austin 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE ARC Industries North 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Location - Main 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE T.E.M. Group, Inc. 60 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.