Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) manufacturing · Wisconsin

Brakebush Brothers, Inc.

Westfield, WI · ~1,046 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Brakebush Brothers, Inc. runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Brakebush Brothers, Inc.: 3.9 TCR = 117% of Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brakebush Brothers, Inc. safety composite

Brakebush Brothers, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−1.4

2016→2023

Brakebush Brothers, Inc. injury rate improved

Brakebush Brothers, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.4 from 3.9 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.9 · 2017=3.7 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Westfield, WI ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 117% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK P45
  • PHOTO Farmers Pride Inc Pl…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 251 inj
  • SIZE ~1,046 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Farmers Pride Inc Plant 3 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Brakebush Brothers, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Brakebush Brothers, Inc. averages 3.9 TCR (117% of the Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Brakebush Brothers, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=3.7 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Brakebush Brothers, Inc. falls in its industry

509 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Brakebush Brothers, Inc. (1,046 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Brakebush Brothers, Inc.
Brakebush Brothers, Inc. (1,046 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Brakebush Brothers, Inc. has more employees than the Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, fr 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
2023 2.5 1.9 21 2 0
2022 4.2 2.4 28 13 0
2021 5.7 3.4 34 22 0
2020 4.2 3.0 40 1 0
2019 2.1 1.4 21 1 0
2018 4.5 2.8 40 4 0
2017 3.7 2.6 34 2 0
2016 3.9 1.3 33 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · WI · Westfield

509 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 5 employers in Westfield, 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 Farmers Pride Inc Plant 3 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Willmar Ave Plant 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peco Foods Inc. (Bay Springs Plant) 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Koch Foods 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kohler Energy Mosel 1,051 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gulfstream Aerospace 1,040 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belmark Wisconsin 1,039 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aspirus Inc 1,055 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brakebush Transportation 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR Power Packer 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Apollo Tool Inc 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Westfield Supervalu 27 FTE
NAT-TCR Sacramento 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2213 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Givaudan Flavors Carol Stream 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 51000 SIDS-Suwanee Suffolk/Sussex Del 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE MPM Waterford 1,046 FTE
NAT-SIZE Confluence Health 1,046 FTE
NAT-SIZE Garyville Refinery 1,046 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amphenol Aerospace 1,046 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, 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.