Sawmills · Wisconsin

Kretz Lumber Co., Inc.

Antigo, WI · ~83 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kretz Lumber Co., Inc. runs at 232% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade F.

Kretz Lumber Co., Inc.: 7.7 TCR = 232% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kretz Lumber Co., Inc. safety composite

Kretz Lumber Co., Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−0.7

2016→2023

Kretz Lumber Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Kretz Lumber Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 0.7 from 12.0 in 2016 to 11.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.0 · 2017=7.1 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=11.6 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=4.6 · 2023=11.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Antigo, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 232% of ind

  • DART 8.8 DART
  • RANK #21/35
  • PHOTO Southport Forest Pro…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southport Forest Products (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kretz Lumber Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kretz Lumber Co., Inc. averages 7.7 TCR (232% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).

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

Kretz Lumber Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=12 · 2017=7.1 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=11.6 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=4.6 · 2023=11.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Kretz Lumber Co., Inc. falls in its industry

905 Sawmills establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

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 35 Sawmills employers in Wisconsin.

Kretz Lumber Co., Inc. (83 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kretz Lumber Co., Inc.
Kretz Lumber Co., Inc. (83 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Kretz Lumber Co., Inc. has more employees than the Sawmills median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2023 11.3 8.8 9 0 0
2021 4.6 2.3 4 0 0
2020 4.7 2.3 4 0 0
2019 11.6 8.1 10 0 0
2018 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2017 7.1 4.7 6 0 0
2016 12.0 3.6 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · WI · Antigo

905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 39 employers in Antigo, 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 Southport Forest Products 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mill 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rockbridge Sawmill 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hancock Lumber Company- Casco Sawmill 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Service Center 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Howard Immel Inc. 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Superior Masonry Builders Inc 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE FJA Christiansen Roofing Co., Inc. 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aspirus Langlade Hospital 494 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3268 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amron, A Division of Amtec Corp 251 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3268 232 FTE
NAT-TCR C030 Glen Allen 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Chicago Flameproof and Wood Specialties 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Inmar - 4200 Fullerton 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR York Coll Lil Run 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE GT Technologies, Toledo 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE BG Products Wichita Manufacturing Facility 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE BTA Oil Producers, LLC 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wyckoff Heating and Cooling 83 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.