Alkalies manufacturing · Wisconsin
ERCO Worldwide, USA - Port Edwards Plant
Nekoosa, WI · ~94 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
ERCO Worldwide, USA - Port Edwards Plant runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Alkalies manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
ERCO Worldwide, USA - Port Edwards Plant: 1.7 TCR = 51% of Alkalies manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
ERCO Worldwide, USA - Port Edwards Plant safety composite
ERCO Worldwide, USA - Port Edwards Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 55% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% 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
ERCO Worldwide, USA - Port Edwards Plant: 1.0 → 3.0 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.77× in 2024
ERCO Worldwide, USA - Port Edwards Plant's TCR rose 1.9 from 1.0 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325180 · Nekoosa, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 51% of ind
- DART 3.0 DART
- RANK #1/4
- PHOTO Gulbrandsen Chemical…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~94 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Gulbrandsen Chemicals - Orangeburg Facility (0.0 TCR gap)
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ERCO Worldwide, USA - Port Edwards Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
ERCO Worldwide, USA - Port Edwards Plant
1.7 TCR
- Gulbrandsen Ch
Gulbrandsen Chemicals - Orangeburg Facility
1.7 TCR
- Solvay Chemica
Solvay Chemicals, Inc.
1.7 TCR
- USALCO Baltimo
USALCO Baltimore
1.7 TCR
- Southern State
Southern States Chemical, Seapoint
1.7 TCR
What this shows ERCO Worldwide, USA - Port Edwards Plant averages 1.7 TCR (51% of the Alkalies manufacturing BLS benchmark).
ERCO Worldwide, USA - Port Edwards Plant TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.3
Where ERCO Worldwide, USA - Port Edwards Plant falls in its industry
418 Alkalies manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Alkalies manufacturing employers in Wisconsin.
ERCO Worldwide, USA - Port Edwards Plant has more employees than the Alkalies manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325180 · WI · Nekoosa
418 Alkalies manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 10 employers in Nekoosa, 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 | Gulbrandsen Chemicals - Orangeburg Facility | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Solvay Chemicals, Inc. | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | USALCO Baltimore | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Southern States Chemical, Seapoint | 1.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Faulks Bros. Construction, Inc. | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fireline Sprinkler, LLC | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wall-Tech Inc. | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bernatello's Pizza, Inc. - Kaukauna Manufacturing | 94 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nekoosa | 419 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sand Valley Golf Resort | 392 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sand Valley LLC | 273 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ho-Chunk Gaming Nekoosa | 195 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Gulbrandsen Chemicals - Orangeburg Facility | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bronco Logistics | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jackson | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | US Ecology Taylor | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Newburg Location | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Soy Processing Plant Hastings | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Madison Concrete Construction - Corporate | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | L. C Doane Co | 94 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.