Wooden pallet manufacturer · Wisconsin
Konz Wood Products
Appleton, WI · ~73 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Konz Wood Products runs at 282% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Wooden pallet manufacturer workplace, earning a grade F.
Konz Wood Products: 9.3 TCR = 282% of Wooden pallet manufacturer BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Konz Wood Products safety composite
Konz Wood Products scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).
28/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 11.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% 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
Konz Wood Products: 3.2 → 11.2 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 14.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.21× in 2024
Konz Wood Products's TCR rose 8.0 from 3.2 in 2018 to 11.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321920 · Appleton, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 282% of ind
- DART 11.2 DART
- RANK #26/46
- PHOTO VPI Salinas
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 33 inj
- SIZE ~73 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: VPI Salinas (0.0 TCR gap)
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Konz Wood Products in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Konz Wood Products
9.3 TCR
- VPI Salinas
VPI Salinas
9.3 TCR
- Salem. OR - 56
Salem. OR - 563
9.3 TCR
- Northampton PA
Northampton PA - 227
9.3 TCR
- Timber Creek R
Timber Creek Resource - Walworth
9.3 TCR
What this shows Konz Wood Products averages 9.3 TCR (282% of the Wooden pallet manufacturer BLS benchmark).
Konz Wood Products TCR series: 2018=3.2 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=11 · 2021=14.7 · 2024=11.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Konz Wood Products falls in its industry
952 Wooden pallet manufacturer establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 46 Wooden pallet manufacturer employers in Wisconsin.
Konz Wood Products has more employees than the Wooden pallet manufacturer median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14.7 | 12.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321920 · WI · Appleton
952 Wooden pallet manufacturer employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 356 employers in Appleton, 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 | VPI Salinas | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Salem. OR - 563 | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Northampton PA - 227 | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Timber Creek Resource - Walworth | 9.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Scherrer Construction Co., INC | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Iconica | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mashuda Contractors, Inc. | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Statz & Harrop, Inc. | 73 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ThedaCare Regional Medical Center Appleton | 1,649 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton | 1,563 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northern Operations | 1,321 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fox Valley Technical College (WI) | 1,279 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | CITY Laundering CO | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Apple Rehab Shelton Lakes | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Newburgh Operations | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Johnson Thermal Systems | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Los Angeles Cold Storage Company | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Alpine Landscapes | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | J&S Construction | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Complete Logistics Solutions LLC | 73 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.