Reinforcing steel contractors · Wisconsin

Chilstrom Erecting

West Milwaukee, WI · ~62 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chilstrom Erecting runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Reinforcing steel contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Chilstrom Erecting: 3.9 TCR = 139% of Reinforcing steel contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chilstrom Erecting safety composite

Chilstrom Erecting scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−2.0

2016→2024

Chilstrom Erecting injury rate improved

Chilstrom Erecting's TCR fell 2.0 from 4.0 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=5.2 · 2021=9.1 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · West Milwaukee, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 139% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/10
  • PHOTO Ropac, Inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ropac, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chilstrom Erecting in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chilstrom Erecting averages 3.9 TCR (139% of the Reinforcing steel contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Chilstrom Erecting TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=5.2 · 2021=9.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=2 · BLS 2.8

Where Chilstrom Erecting falls in its industry

705 Reinforcing steel contractors establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 10 Reinforcing steel contractors employers in Wisconsin.

Chilstrom Erecting (62 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Chilstrom Erecting
Chilstrom Erecting (62 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Chilstrom Erecting has more employees than the Reinforcing steel contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 9.1 3.0 3 0 0
2019 5.2 5.2 2 0 0
2018 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2017 6.4 1.6 4 0 0
2016 4.0 1.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · WI · West Milwaukee

705 Reinforcing steel contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 17 employers in West Milwaukee, 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 Ropac, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steel Fabricators LLC 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Herrick Corporation 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quinn Bros of Essex inc 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Catalyst Construction 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Innovative Construction Solutions Inc 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE AM Construction Services, Inc. 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE PCI Madison Interior 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR GEHC : Milwaukee WI (Electric Avenue), HCS 680 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5669 426 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5669 398 FTE
CITY-NEAR WEST MILWAUKEE WI - 3226 227 FTE
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Colorado College 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Mckendree University 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Foam Products Corporation 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Chicago Multi-Client Facility 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dane Construction 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE J.R. Prisco, Inc. 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sixmile Land and Cattle LLC 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Price Rite Store 226 Elmwood 62 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, 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.