Bale throwers manufacturing · Wisconsin

Brandtjen & Kluge, LLC

St Croix Falls, WI · ~31 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Brandtjen & Kluge, LLC runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bale throwers manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Brandtjen & Kluge, LLC: 4.6 TCR = 138% of Bale throwers manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brandtjen & Kluge, LLC safety composite

Brandtjen & Kluge, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Brandtjen & Kluge, LLC: 6.9 → 8.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 8.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2019

Brandtjen & Kluge, LLC's TCR rose 1.1 from 6.9 in 2016 to 8.0 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · St Croix Falls, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 138% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #9/24
  • PHOTO Summers Manufacturin…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Summers Manufacturing Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Brandtjen & Kluge, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Brandtjen & Kluge, LLC averages 4.6 TCR (138% of the Bale throwers manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Brandtjen & Kluge, LLC TCR series: 2016=6.9 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=8 · BLS 3.3

Where Brandtjen & Kluge, LLC falls in its industry

433 Bale throwers manufacturing establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 24 Bale throwers manufacturing employers in Wisconsin.

Brandtjen & Kluge, LLC (31 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Brandtjen & Kluge, LLC
Brandtjen & Kluge, LLC (31 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Brandtjen & Kluge, LLC has fewer employees than the Bale throwers manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2019 8.0 4.0 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.4 0.0 0 1 0
2016 6.9 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · WI · St Croix Falls

433 Bale throwers 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 Summers Manufacturing Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crenlo Engineered Cabs 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CNH_Grand_Island 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Planting Morton 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Agri-Tech/Grain 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redtail Ridge Dairy, LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Van Ansem Farms Inc 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE WI 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR ST. CROIX FALLS WI - 3220 175 FTE
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites/Green Mill Restaurant 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Fishers Plant 1 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Marinemax Northeast, LLC-Ny5 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Arrowhead Health Care & Rehab 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Piggly Wiggly #184 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunflower #9108 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wings Sportswear, Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Luxury Cars of Greenwich 31 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: 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.