Reels, plastics, manufacturing · Wisconsin

Highlight, Inc.

Sparta, WI · ~45 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Highlight, Inc. runs at 478% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Reels, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Highlight, Inc.: 15.8 TCR = 478% of Reels, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Highlight, Inc. safety composite

Highlight, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−14.1

2016→2024

Highlight, Inc. injury rate improved

Highlight, Inc.'s TCR fell 14.1 from 14.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 42.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.1 · 2017=13.9 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=9.4 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=22.7 · 2022=25.8 · 2023=42.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Sparta, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.8 · 478% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #166/166
  • PHOTO Uremet Corporation
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Uremet Corporation (0.1 TCR gap)

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Highlight, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Highlight, Inc. averages 15.8 TCR (478% of the Reels, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Highlight, Inc. TCR series: 2016=14.1 · 2017=13.9 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=9.4 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=22.7 · 2022=25.8 · 2023=42.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Highlight, Inc. falls in its industry

2,838 Reels, plastics, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #166 safest of 166 Reels, plastics, manufacturing employers in Wisconsin.

Highlight, Inc. (45 employees, TCR 15.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Highlight, Inc.
Highlight, Inc. (45 employees, TCR 15.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Highlight, Inc. has fewer employees than the Reels, plastics, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 42.3 37.4 1 16 0
2022 25.8 25.8 0 11 0
2021 22.7 17.0 1 11 0
2020 8.8 8.8 0 4 0
2019 9.4 2.4 4 0 0
2018 4.9 0.0 1 1 0
2017 13.9 2.8 2 3 0
2016 14.1 0.0 3 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · WI · Sparta

2,838 Reels, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 44 employers in Sparta, 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 Uremet Corporation 15.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Hampshire Plastics, LLC 15.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR AK Industries Inc. Plant 3 15.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Formall Inc 15.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Denmark Dairy LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plover #205 Farms 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Babcock, WI Receiving Station 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sparta Area School District 587 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mathews Archery, Inc 345 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Engraving Corporation 321 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plant Four 307 FTE
NAT-TCR Peninsula Prestress 15.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fountain Foundry 15.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Highmark Construction 15.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Wiggins Lift Company 15.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cedar Rapids Career/Dayhad 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ryan Fireprotection, Inc. - Louisville 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Telescents, Inc. DBA Fragrancenet Reno Warehouse 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hillyard Co. - New England 45 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, 2022, 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.