Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing · Wisconsin

Hentzen Coatings, Inc. Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI · ~183 workers · 6 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

Hentzen Coatings, Inc. Milwaukee runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Hentzen Coatings, Inc. Milwaukee: 1.9 TCR = 58% of Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hentzen Coatings, Inc. Milwaukee safety composite

Hentzen Coatings, Inc. Milwaukee scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.6

2016→2021

Hentzen Coatings, Inc. Milwaukee injury rate improved

Hentzen Coatings, Inc. Milwaukee's TCR fell 2.6 from 2.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Milwaukee, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/24
  • PHOTO Hempel Dallas
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~183 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hempel Dallas (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hentzen Coatings, Inc. Milwaukee in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hentzen Coatings, Inc. Milwaukee averages 1.9 TCR (58% of the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Hentzen Coatings, Inc. Milwaukee TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Hentzen Coatings, Inc. Milwaukee falls in its industry

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 24 Architectural coatings (i.e., employers in Wisconsin.

Hentzen Coatings, Inc. Milwaukee (183 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Hentzen Coatings, Inc. Milwaukee
Hentzen Coatings, Inc. Milwaukee (183 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Hentzen Coatings, Inc. Milwaukee has more employees than the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) man median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.3 1.3 2 0 0
2019 2.2 2.2 4 0 0
2018 2.4 2.4 5 0 0
2017 3.1 2.1 6 0 0
2016 2.6 1.5 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · WI · Milwaukee

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 980 employers in Milwaukee, 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 Hempel Dallas 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gemini Coatings, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR US OH Cincinnati Plant 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ultimate Linings, LLC 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Markesan 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ventura Foods Waukesha 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hartford Finishing West 183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center 7,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR FROEDTERT HOSPITAL 7,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milwaukee Hospital 3,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR Childrens Hospital - Milw Campus 2,851 FTE
NAT-TCR Chartiers Center 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR A.T. Still University of Health Sciences 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Integrated Technologies 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR LOTTE New York Palace 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE IMS Gear Georgia, LLC 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sysco CIL 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE GSI : Omaha 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diamond Central 183 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: 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.