Wipes, nonwoven fabric, manufacturing · Wisconsin

Merisco, Inc.

Milwaukee, WI · ~52 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merisco, Inc. runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Wipes, nonwoven fabric, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Merisco, Inc.: 4.8 TCR = 145% of Wipes, nonwoven fabric, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merisco, Inc. safety composite

Merisco, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

Merisco, Inc.: 4.8 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 8.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.11× in 2024

Merisco, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.5 from 4.8 in 2017 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313230 · Milwaukee, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 145% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #13/18
  • PHOTO Blind Industries - R…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Blind Industries - Raleigh Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merisco, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merisco, Inc. averages 4.8 TCR (145% of the Wipes, nonwoven fabric, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Merisco, Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.8 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Merisco, Inc. falls in its industry

191 Wipes, nonwoven fabric, manufa establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 18 Wipes, nonwoven fabric, manufa employers in Wisconsin.

Merisco, Inc. (52 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Merisco, Inc.
Merisco, Inc. (52 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Merisco, Inc. has fewer employees than the Wipes, nonwoven fabric, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024 5.3 5.3 2 0 0
2023 4.8 2.4 2 0 0
2022 4.8 2.4 2 0 0
2021 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2020 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2019 3.9 3.9 2 0 0
2018 8.5 5.1 5 0 0
2017 4.8 4.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313230 · WI · Milwaukee

191 Wipes, nonwoven fabric, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 980 employers in Milwaukee, 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 Blind Industries - Raleigh Division 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Groesbeck 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bay Converting Inc 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fibertex Nonwovens Inc. - ING 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE ABS Dekorra 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Milk Source, LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenfire Management Services, LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hoffman Planning, Design & Construction Inc 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center 7,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR FROEDTERT HOSPITAL 7,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milwaukee Hospital 3,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR Childrens Hospital - Milw Campus 2,851 FTE
NAT-TCR Lochmandy Motor Sales, INC 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR MTS Kansas City-KS 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR S02932 - Richland Landfill 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Aviation Ground Handler Serv 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Marina Marketplace 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE J&L Wire Cloth LLC 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mesa Water District 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Kasson 52 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.