Paint thinner and reducer preparations manufacturing · Wisconsin

Chilton, WI

Chilton, WI · ~31 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chilton, WI runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paint thinner and reducer preparations manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Chilton, WI: 2.3 TCR = 68% of Paint thinner and reducer preparations manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chilton, WI safety composite

Chilton, WI scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Chilton, WI: 0.0 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.38× in 2024

Chilton, WI's TCR rose 3.1 from 0.0 in 2021 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Chilton, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 68% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #7/24
  • PHOTO Nippon Paint Automot…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nippon Paint Automotive Americas, Inc. - Lansing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chilton, WI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chilton, WI averages 2.3 TCR (68% of the Paint thinner and reducer preparations manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Chilton, WI TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Chilton, WI falls in its industry

530 Paint thinner and reducer prep establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 24 Paint thinner and reducer prep employers in Wisconsin.

Chilton, WI (31 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Chilton, WI
Chilton, WI (31 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Chilton, WI has fewer employees than the Paint thinner and reducer preparations m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2023 5.9 5.9 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · WI · Chilton

530 Paint thinner and reducer preparations manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 25 employers in Chilton, 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 Nippon Paint Automotive Americas, Inc. - Lansing 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR USA GA Morrow Plant 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR USA OH Grove City Plant 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Paint Industries 2.3 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 WC Chilton 320 FTE
CITY-NEAR Worthington Cylinders Chilton 295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kaytee 247 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2509 246 FTE
NAT-TCR Clariant Corporation West 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Illinois Valley Community College (IVCC) 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Pankl Aerospace 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Baker's Best 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oakley, OH 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Sprinkler Corporation 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stec USA Inc 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Catalina Hotel Ops, Inc dba Bellanca Hotel 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.