Weldments manufacturing · Wisconsin

Kapco Hickory

Grafton, WI · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kapco Hickory runs at 387% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Weldments manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Kapco Hickory: 12.8 TCR = 387% of Weldments manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kapco Hickory safety composite

Kapco Hickory scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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 12.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Kapco Hickory: 11.8 → 13.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 13.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.36× in 2019

Kapco Hickory's TCR rose 1.9 from 11.8 in 2018 to 13.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 12.8 · 387% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #43/45
  • PHOTO Custom Steel #1
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Custom Steel #1 (0.1 TCR gap)

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Kapco Hickory in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kapco Hickory averages 12.8 TCR (387% of the Weldments manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kapco Hickory TCR series: 2018=11.8 · 2019=13.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Kapco Hickory falls in its industry

449 Weldments manufacturing establishments

Safer than 4% 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 #43 safest of 45 Weldments manufacturing employers in Wisconsin.

Kapco Hickory (25 employees, TCR 12.8) 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 Kapco Hickory
Kapco Hickory (25 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Kapco Hickory 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
2019 13.8 4.6 2 1 0
2018 11.8 7.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · WI · Grafton

449 Weldments manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 57 employers in Grafton, 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 Custom Steel #1 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Middle West Mfg Corp. 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Natural Structures 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR MKT Metal Mfg. 12.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fergusons Minnesota Harvest LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Minocqua Service Center 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Janesville Headquarters 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berlin Office 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aurora Medical Center Grafton 1,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grafton Division 418 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kapco Inc. - Badger 327 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kapco Metal Stamping 286 FTE
NAT-TCR RNO-RENO-AIRPORT 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dutchman Creek, LLC. 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Gregory Hotel 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Harrisburg Airport (Pamdt) 12.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Residence Inn Rocky Hill 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moody 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Van Rensselaer IRA 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kingstown Reef - Resort - Orlando 25 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.