Foam products · Wisconsin

Gaco-Wi (Bp)

Waukesha, WI · ~106 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gaco-Wi (Bp) runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Foam products workplace, earning a grade B.

Gaco-Wi (Bp): 1.9 TCR = 59% of Foam products BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gaco-Wi (Bp) safety composite

Gaco-Wi (Bp) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% 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 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−4.9

2016→2020

Gaco-Wi (Bp) injury rate improved

Gaco-Wi (Bp)'s TCR fell 4.9 from 5.8 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326150 · Waukesha, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 59% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #6/17
  • PHOTO FXI, Inc. - Terrell
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~106 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FXI, Inc. - Terrell (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gaco-Wi (Bp) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gaco-Wi (Bp) averages 1.9 TCR (59% of the Foam products BLS benchmark).

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

Gaco-Wi (Bp) TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1 · BLS 3.3

Where Gaco-Wi (Bp) falls in its industry

474 Foam products establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 17 Foam products employers in Wisconsin.

Gaco-Wi (Bp) (106 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Gaco-Wi (Bp)
Gaco-Wi (Bp) (106 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Gaco-Wi (Bp) has more employees than the Foam products median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2020 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2019 1.8 0.9 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2016 5.8 1.2 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326150 · WI · Waukesha

474 Foam products employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 285 employers in Waukesha, 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 FXI, Inc. - Terrell 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Austin Foam / Sealed Air Corp 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR High Point Foam 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dallas (Polyiso) 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kiel Dairy Foods Plant 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE CL&D Digital LLC 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE Diversey / U S Chemical 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE MetalTek International - WI Investcast 106 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waukesha Memorial Hospital 2,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR Generac-Waukesha 1,387 FTE
CITY-NEAR GEHC : Waukesha WI (WSO), HCS 1,384 FTE
CITY-NEAR Generac Power Systems, Inc. 1,090 FTE
NAT-TCR 6396-Sprenger Health Care of Massillon 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Apw Knox Seeman Warehouse, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sylvester GA 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbus McKinnon Wadesboro Operations 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE John Deere Atlanta RDC 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chicago CB 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE TREND enterprises, Inc. 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tradesmen International Greensboro 106 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: 2020, 2019, 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.