Metal stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), unfinished, manufacturing · Wisconsin

Kapco Inc. - Badger

Grafton, WI · ~327 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kapco Inc. - Badger runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metal stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), unfinished, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Kapco Inc. - Badger: 4.7 TCR = 141% of Metal stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), unfinished, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kapco Inc. - Badger safety composite

Kapco Inc. - Badger scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

−1.5

2023→2024

Kapco Inc. - Badger injury rate improved

Kapco Inc. - Badger's TCR fell 1.5 from 5.4 in 2023 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5.4 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332119 · Grafton, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 141% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #21/61
  • PHOTO Kickhaefer Manufactu…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~327 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kickhaefer Manufacturing Co - Fredonia (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kapco Inc. - Badger in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kapco Inc. - Badger averages 4.7 TCR (141% of the Metal stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), unfinished, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kapco Inc. - Badger TCR series: 2023=5.4 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Kapco Inc. - Badger falls in its industry

477 Metal stampings (except automo establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 61 Metal stampings (except automo employers in Wisconsin.

Kapco Inc. - Badger (327 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 Inc. - Badger
Kapco Inc. - Badger (327 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Kapco Inc. - Badger has more employees than the Metal stampings (except automotive, cans median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 3.9 2.0 12 0 0
2023 5.4 3.8 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332119 · WI · Grafton

477 Metal stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), unfinished, 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 Kickhaefer Manufacturing Co - Fredonia 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dunkrik Metal Products of WNY, 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valco 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Larson Tool 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE North American Mechanical Inc. 327 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1901, Inc. 327 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay Valley Foods, LLC 327 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kwik Trip Sweet Goods Bakery 779 327 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aurora Medical Center Grafton 1,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grafton Division 418 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kapco Metal Stamping 286 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1000 Badger Circle 286 FTE
NAT-TCR Denton 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Midwest Industrial Metals 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Syracuse 10196 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lbr Lgv 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Building 1 & 2 327 FTE
NAT-SIZE Freestate Baltimore LLC 327 FTE
NAT-SIZE Portland, TN 327 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ochsner St. Mary 327 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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