Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing · Wisconsin

KHS USA - Waukesha

Name: KHS USA - Waukesha Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Waukesha, WI · ~278 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

KHS USA - Waukesha runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

KHS USA - Waukesha: 1.8 TCR = 54% of Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KHS USA - Waukesha safety composite

KHS USA - Waukesha scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

KHS USA - Waukesha: 0.3 → 1.5 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 2.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.49× in 2021

KHS USA - Waukesha's TCR rose 1.1 from 0.3 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333993 · Waukesha, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 54% of ind

DART 0.9 DART
RANK #7/28
PHOTO Ouachita Machine Wor…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 21 inj
SIZE ~278 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ouachita Machine Works Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.8
PPi Technologi

1.8
Micron PharmaW

1.8

What this shows KHS USA - Waukesha averages 1.8 TCR (54% of the Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing BLS benchmark).

KHS USA - Waukesha TCR series: 2016=0.3 · 2018=2.5 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where KHS USA - Waukesha falls in its industry

269 Bag opening, filling, and clos establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 28 Bag opening, filling, and clos employers in Wisconsin.

KHS USA - Waukesha (278 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 2.4

KHS USA - Waukesha has more employees than the Bag opening, filling, and closing machin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2021	1.5	0.9	5
2020	2.8	0.3	8
2018	2.5	0.4	7
2016	0.3	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333993 · WI · Waukesha

269 Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 285 employers in Waukesha, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Ouachita Machine Works Inc.	WEST MONROE, LA	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Groninger USA	CHARLOTTE, NC	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PPi Technologies group	SARASOTA, FL	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Micron PharmaWorks LLC	ODESSA, FL	1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Kwik Trip Store Engineering 797	LA CROSSE	278 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Menasha Packaging Company - Hartford	HARTFORD	278 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Brady Worldwide Incorporated - Florist Avenue Facility	GLENDALE	278 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Durr Systems Inc	DE PERE	278 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Waukesha Memorial Hospital	Waukesha	2,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Generac-Waukesha	Waukesha	1,387 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GEHC : Waukesha WI (WSO), HCS	Waukesha	1,384 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Generac Power Systems, Inc.	Waukesha	1,090 FTE
NAT-TCR	B&H - Richland	Richland, PA	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dept. of Corrections (25)	Nome, AK	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Victor's Three-D	Maywood, NJ	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Engineering	Concord, NC	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Regeis Care Center	Bronx, NY	278 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Country Club	Chevy Chase, MD	278 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Poco Graphite Inc.	Decatur, TX	278 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sandpearl Resort	Clearwater, FL	278 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, 2018, 2016. 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.