Angle irons, metal, manufacturing · Wisconsin

Goetsch's Welding & Machine, Inc.

Merrill, WI · ~74 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Goetsch's Welding & Machine, Inc. runs at 310% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Angle irons, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Goetsch's Welding & Machine, Inc.: 10.2 TCR = 310% of Angle irons, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Goetsch's Welding & Machine, Inc. safety composite

Goetsch's Welding & Machine, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−18.0

2016→2024

Goetsch's Welding & Machine, Inc. injury rate improved

Goetsch's Welding & Machine, Inc.'s TCR fell 18.0 from 22.8 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 22.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=22.8 · 2017=13.7 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=10.4 · 2023=9.2 · 2024=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Merrill, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.2 · 310% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #63/73
  • PHOTO Behringer Corporatio…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 52 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Behringer Corporation - Branchville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Goetsch's Welding & Machine, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Goetsch's Welding & Machine, Inc. averages 10.2 TCR (310% of the Angle irons, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Goetsch's Welding & Machine, Inc. TCR series: 2016=22.8 · 2017=13.7 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=10.4 · 2023=9.2 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Goetsch's Welding & Machine, Inc. falls in its industry

827 Angle irons, metal, manufactur establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #63 safest of 73 Angle irons, metal, manufactur employers in Wisconsin.

Goetsch's Welding & Machine, Inc. (74 employees, TCR 10.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Goetsch's Welding & Machine, Inc.
Goetsch's Welding & Machine, Inc. (74 employees, TCR 10.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Goetsch's Welding & Machine, Inc. has more employees than the Angle irons, metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 4.8 3.6 4 0 0
2023 9.2 2.6 7 0 0
2021 10.4 5.9 7 0 0
2020 5.3 3.5 3 0 0
2019 7.1 7.1 5 0 0
2018 8.5 5.7 5 1 0
2017 13.7 5.5 9 1 0
2016 22.8 10.6 12 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · WI · Merrill

827 Angle irons, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 49 employers in Merrill, 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 Behringer Corporation - Branchville 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR C.A. Schroeder, Inc. / CASCO 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ABW Technologies, Inc 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Markle 2 10.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fun Company 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summerset Marine Construction 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Klein-Dickert Milwaukee, Inc. 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Black-Haak Heating, Inc. 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merrill Area Public Schools 440 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1366 240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1366 224 FTE
CITY-NEAR Weinbrenner Shoe Company, INC. - Merrill 200 FTE
NAT-TCR Francis M. Dix Company, Inc. 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR National TN - 0802 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Paul Davis Systems of Omaha, Inc. 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hilton Garden Inn Yakima 10.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tallahassee RPC 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Palm Bay RPC 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metform LLC / Machined Components 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edison Service Center 74 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.