Disk drives, computer, manufacturing · Wisconsin

Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Eau Claire, WI

Eau Claire, WI · ~425 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Eau Claire, WI runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Disk drives, computer, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Eau Claire, WI: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Disk drives, computer, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Eau Claire, WI safety composite

Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Eau Claire, WI scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Eau Claire, WI: 1.4 → 10.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2024

Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Eau Claire, WI's TCR rose 9.0 from 1.4 in 2016 to 10.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334112 · Eau Claire, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK P10
  • PHOTO 109 Constitution Fra…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 48 inj
  • SIZE ~425 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 109 Constitution Franklin MA (0.5 TCR gap)

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Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Eau Claire, WI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Eau Claire, WI averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Disk drives, computer, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Eau Claire, WI TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=10.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Eau Claire, WI falls in its industry

30 Disk drives, computer, manufac establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Eau Claire, WI (425 employees, TCR 2.5) among 16 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 242 employees and a TCR of 0.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 17 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Eau Claire, WI
Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Eau Claire, WI (425 employees, TCR 2.5) among 16 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 242 employees and a TCR of 0.7

Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Eau Claire, WI has more employees than the Disk drives, computer, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.7. 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 10.4 2.1 5 0 0
2023 1.1 0.5 2 0 0
2022 0.5 0.3 2 0 0
2021 0.9 0.9 2 1 0
2020 1.6 0.3 5 1 0
2019 1.8 1.1 10 0 0
2018 2.3 0.9 17 0 0
2016 1.4 0.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334112 · WI · Eau Claire

30 Disk drives, computer, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 271 employers in Eau Claire, 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 109 Constitution Franklin MA 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MEDIA-SAN JOSE 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR TMGcore Inc. 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Milwaukee Office 425 FTE
STATE-SIZE WI-Arcadia 425 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hoffmaster Group Inc. 424 FTE
STATE-SIZE Snyder's-Lance Inc. 426 FTE
CITY-NEAR Precision Pipeline, LLC 3,757 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire Hospital (Whipple) 3,141 FTE
CITY-NEAR WWD Sacred Heart Hospital 1,370 FTE
CITY-NEAR STORE DIVISION ADMIN - 3019 900 FTE
NAT-TCR Central Supply - Saltwell Location 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakewood 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cedar Rapids Terminal 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Idaho Timber of Florida 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lennar Houston 425 FTE
NAT-SIZE State Garden, Inc. 425 FTE
NAT-SIZE Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC 425 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greco and Sons 425 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, 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.