Dam gates, metal plate, manufacturing · Wisconsin

Cubic Designs, Inc. - Waupaca

Waupaca, WI · ~32 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cubic Designs, Inc. - Waupaca runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dam gates, metal plate, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Cubic Designs, Inc. - Waupaca: 4.0 TCR = 121% of Dam gates, metal plate, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cubic Designs, Inc. - Waupaca safety composite

Cubic Designs, Inc. - Waupaca scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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 3.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−6.4

2016→2018

Cubic Designs, Inc. - Waupaca injury rate improved

Cubic Designs, Inc. - Waupaca's TCR fell 6.4 from 6.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.4 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Waupaca, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 121% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/46
  • PHOTO Xtreme Marine Corpor…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Xtreme Marine Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cubic Designs, Inc. - Waupaca in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cubic Designs, Inc. - Waupaca averages 4.0 TCR (121% of the Dam gates, metal plate, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cubic Designs, Inc. - Waupaca TCR series: 2016=6.4 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Cubic Designs, Inc. - Waupaca falls in its industry

1,491 Dam gates, metal plate, manufa establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

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 46 Dam gates, metal plate, manufa employers in Wisconsin.

Cubic Designs, Inc. - Waupaca (32 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Cubic Designs, Inc. - Waupaca
Cubic Designs, Inc. - Waupaca (32 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Cubic Designs, Inc. - Waupaca has fewer employees than the Dam gates, metal plate, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.5 0.0 2 0 0
2016 6.4 0.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · WI · Waupaca

1,491 Dam gates, metal plate, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 33 employers in Waupaca, 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 Xtreme Marine Corporation 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jarco Steel Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ambassador Steel-Minneapolis Minnesota 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Doing Steel Fabrication LLC 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Al's Apples Inc 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2404-De Forest, WI (Monsanto Co.) 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mackville 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Construction - Sub & Trans 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 2/3 834 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 1 520 FTE
CITY-NEAR ThedaCare Medical Center Waupaca 279 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 0 (Corporate) 215 FTE
NAT-TCR KTL 53031 Indianapolis 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hampton Inn Anderson 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Volm Companies Idaho Falls 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kenda American Technology Center 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Company 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Office 81 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Florida CPC 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston (W95) 32 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.