Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing · Wisconsin

Messer Cutting Systems Inc.

Menomonee Falls, WI · ~199 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Messer Cutting Systems Inc. runs at 160% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Messer Cutting Systems Inc.: 5.3 TCR = 160% of Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Messer Cutting Systems Inc. safety composite

Messer Cutting Systems Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−1.6

2023→2024

Messer Cutting Systems Inc. injury rate improved

Messer Cutting Systems Inc.'s TCR fell 1.6 from 6.1 in 2023 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.1 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Menomonee Falls, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 160% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #25/33
  • PHOTO MIRO MFG., INC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~199 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MIRO MFG., INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Messer Cutting Systems Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Messer Cutting Systems Inc. averages 5.3 TCR (160% of the Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Messer Cutting Systems Inc. TCR series: 2023=6.1 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Messer Cutting Systems Inc. falls in its industry

391 Sheet metal forming machines m establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 33 Sheet metal forming machines m employers in Wisconsin.

Messer Cutting Systems Inc. (199 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Messer Cutting Systems Inc.
Messer Cutting Systems Inc. (199 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Messer Cutting Systems Inc. has more employees than the Sheet metal forming machines manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 4.5 2.5 9 0 0
2023 6.1 1.5 11 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · WI · Menomonee Falls

391 Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 206 employers in Menomonee Falls, 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 MIRO MFG., INC 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Press Holdings 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Machine Technologies 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CPS Plant 3 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Riverside 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE O&H Danish Bakery 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE BouMatic Madison 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grove Gear 199 FTE
CITY-NEAR 900 - Corporate Offices 4,467 FTE
CITY-NEAR 900 - Corporate Office 4,231 FTE
CITY-NEAR FROEDTERT MENOMONEE FALLS HOSPITAL 1,473 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Memorial Hospital 1,405 FTE
NAT-TCR Morley Elementary School 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Danbury Westerville 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR KN Construction Inc 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Homestead Village, Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE McDonough II 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE UMMC West Bank Rehab Building 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE Acutus Medical, Inc. 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE Middlebury 199 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.