Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Wisconsin

Empire Bucket Inc

Hudson, WI · ~40 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
19.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Empire Bucket Inc runs at 592% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Empire Bucket Inc: 19.5 TCR = 592% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Empire Bucket Inc safety composite

Empire Bucket Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

F

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 19.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−7.6

2019→2024

Empire Bucket Inc injury rate improved

Empire Bucket Inc's TCR fell 7.6 from 29.6 in 2019 to 22.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 29.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=29.6 · 2021=18.8 · 2022=23.1 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=22.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 19.5 · 592% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #46/46
  • PHOTO Kasco Fab, Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kasco Fab, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Empire Bucket Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Empire Bucket Inc averages 19.5 TCR (592% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Empire Bucket Inc TCR series: 2019=29.6 · 2021=18.8 · 2022=23.1 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=22 · BLS 3.3

Where Empire Bucket Inc falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 1% 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 #46 safest of 46 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Wisconsin.

Empire Bucket Inc (40 employees, TCR 19.5) 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Empire Bucket Inc
Empire Bucket Inc (40 employees, TCR 19.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Empire Bucket Inc has fewer employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher 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
2024 22.0 5.5 4 0 0
2023 4.2 2.4 7 0 0
2022 23.1 5.1 9 0 0
2021 18.8 6.3 6 0 0
2019 29.6 7.4 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · WI · Hudson

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 74 employers in Hudson, 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 Kasco Fab, Inc. 19.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Thomas Steel, Inc. 19.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR XTCrbn 19.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paul's Welding Inc. 19.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE W. & E. Radtke, Inc. 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE ABS Global-Waunakee 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Port Washington Generating Station 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE AZCO WPL Wood County Solar 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hudson School District 854 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hudson Hospital 393 FTE
CITY-NEAR Norlake 322 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phillips-Medisize, LLC - St. Croix Meadows 314 FTE
NAT-TCR The Neighborhood at Cullman 19.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Heritage of Hudson 19.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SCA Lexington Surgery Center 19.5 TCR
NAT-TCR McCoys Building Supply-New Braunfels 19.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE DIY Home Center Granada Hills 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lopatcong 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Branch #1 Wichita 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3355 NW 114th Street Miami FL 40 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. 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.