Paper and paperboard converting machinery manufacturing · Wisconsin

C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company Inc.

Ashland, WI · ~412 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company Inc. runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paper and paperboard converting machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company Inc.: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Paper and paperboard converting machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company Inc. safety composite

C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.7

2016→2024

C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company Inc. injury rate improved

C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company Inc.'s TCR fell 2.7 from 3.6 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.6 · 2017=3.7 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333243 · Ashland, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #15/25
  • PHOTO Hood Packaging Corpo…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 86 inj
  • SIZE ~412 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hood Packaging Corporation, Crossett (0.0 TCR gap)

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C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company Inc. averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Paper and paperboard converting machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=3.7 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 3.3

Where C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company Inc. falls in its industry

137 Paper and paperboard convertin establishments

Safer than 66% 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 #15 safest of 25 Paper and paperboard convertin employers in Wisconsin.

C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company Inc. (412 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company Inc.
C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company Inc. (412 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.5

C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company Inc. has more employees than the Paper and paperboard converting machiner median and a lower 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 0.9 0.3 2 1 0
2023 1.8 0.9 6 0 0
2022 3.1 1.0 11 1 0
2021 1.7 0.3 6 1 0
2020 2.7 1.1 12 0 0
2019 2.5 1.1 12 0 0
2018 2.2 0.9 9 1 0
2017 3.7 1.2 14 1 0
2016 3.6 1.5 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333243 · WI · Ashland

137 Paper and paperboard converting machinery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 38 employers in Ashland, 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 Hood Packaging Corporation, Crossett 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valmet Flornce Al. 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valmet 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR JJ Plank Company LLC Spencer Johnston (Andrtiz) 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bemis Corporate Offices 412 FTE
STATE-SIZE KS Energy Services (New Berlin) 411 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hormel foods Beloit 413 FTE
STATE-SIZE Andersen Consolidation Center 413 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Medical Center 458 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Clearing Inc. 392 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1672 247 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1672 233 FTE
NAT-TCR 1005 - BELFOR Sterling VA 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sugar Creek Foods International Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SRC Automotive, Inc. (1) 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Simon Roofing and Sheet Metal Corp - Tampa 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southco, inc. - Concordville 412 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magruder Hospital 412 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chicago South 412 FTE
NAT-SIZE MBS Textbook Exchange, LLC 412 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, 2023, 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.