Weldments manufacturing · Wisconsin

Helgesen Industries - IW

Hartford, WI · ~49 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Helgesen Industries - IW runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Weldments manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Helgesen Industries - IW: 5.2 TCR = 158% of Weldments manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Helgesen Industries - IW safety composite

Helgesen Industries - IW scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−4.4

2020→2022

Helgesen Industries - IW injury rate improved

Helgesen Industries - IW's TCR fell 4.4 from 9.2 in 2020 to 4.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=9.2 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Hartford, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 158% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #20/45
  • PHOTO ITW Building Compone…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ITW Building Components Group Inc - Pontotoc, MS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Helgesen Industries - IW in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Helgesen Industries - IW averages 5.2 TCR (158% of the Weldments manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Helgesen Industries - IW TCR series: 2020=9.2 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Helgesen Industries - IW falls in its industry

449 Weldments manufacturing establishments

Safer than 39% 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 #20 safest of 45 Weldments manufacturing employers in Wisconsin.

Helgesen Industries - IW (49 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 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 Helgesen Industries - IW
Helgesen Industries - IW (49 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Helgesen Industries - IW has fewer employees than the Weldments 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
2022 4.8 4.8 3 0 0
2021 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2020 9.2 6.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · WI · Hartford

449 Weldments manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 48 employers in Hartford, 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 ITW Building Components Group Inc - Pontotoc, MS 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Imperial Systems 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Contract Fabricators, Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Container Research Corporation 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE C Dairy LLC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Frey Construction and Home Improvement, LLC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc. 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Board Store Home Improvements, Inc. 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARTFORD WI 743 FTE
CITY-NEAR SIGNICAST LLC 738 FTE
CITY-NEAR Signicast - Hartford Manufacturing Complex 736 FTE
CITY-NEAR Broan-NuTone LLC 723 FTE
NAT-TCR CareGivers America LLC Clarks Summit 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 0742 - Pembroke Pines Fl Whse 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunrise Elementary School 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Orange County (Orlando) 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Carbon Hill 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4028-SEN01 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Windfall Multi-Crop Research Center 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE First Student 49 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: 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.