Manufacturing · Wisconsin

Cardinal FG - Portage FG

Portgage, WI · ~235 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cardinal FG - Portage FG runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Cardinal FG - Portage FG: 2.6 TCR = 80% of Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cardinal FG - Portage FG safety composite

Cardinal FG - Portage FG scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

Cardinal FG - Portage FG: 0.9 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2019

Cardinal FG - Portage FG's TCR rose 2.7 from 0.9 in 2017 to 3.6 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327211 · Portgage, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 80% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO Guardian Industries,…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~235 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Guardian Industries, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Cardinal FG - Portage FG in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cardinal FG - Portage FG averages 2.6 TCR (80% of the Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cardinal FG - Portage FG TCR series: 2017=0.9 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Cardinal FG - Portage FG falls in its industry

105 Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Manufacturing employers in Wisconsin.

Cardinal FG - Portage FG (235 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 180 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Cardinal FG - Portage FG
Cardinal FG - Portage FG (235 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 180 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Cardinal FG - Portage FG has more employees than the Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 3.6 1.8 7 1 0
2018 3.4 2.1 8 0 0
2017 0.9 0.5 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327211 · WI · Portgage

105 Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 3 employers in Portgage, 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 Guardian Industries, LLC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cardinal FG -Mooresville FG 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Viracon 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nashville Glass Plant 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cardinal LG -Amery LG 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sartori Whey 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE Madison West 20 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1277 235 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardinal FG -Portage FG 219 FTE
CITY-NEAR Portage FG 217 FTE
NAT-TCR 368204-Charlotte Insp Svc Division 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0029 3519 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Tamarack Junction Casino and Restaurant 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Stateline Paving 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE MI 25626 Telegraph Road 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Woodlands at Hayes Mill dba The Fountains at Cedar Parke 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Paris Healthcare Linen Services--Ravenna 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Renaissance Harborplace Hotel 235 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. 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.