Machine Shop · Wisconsin

Metal Products Inc

Appleton, WI · ~83 workers · 6 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

Metal Products Inc runs at 161% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Machine Shop workplace, earning a grade D.

Metal Products Inc: 5.3 TCR = 161% of Machine Shop BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metal Products Inc safety composite

Metal Products Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.3

2016→2024

Metal Products Inc injury rate improved

Metal Products Inc's TCR fell 2.3 from 7.1 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.1 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=6.2 · 2024=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Appleton, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 161% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #25/37
  • PHOTO Ledford Engineering …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ledford Engineering CO., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metal Products Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metal Products Inc averages 5.3 TCR (161% of the Machine Shop BLS benchmark).

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

Metal Products Inc TCR series: 2016=7.1 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=6.2 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Metal Products Inc falls in its industry

387 Machine Shop establishments

Safer than 24% 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 37 Machine Shop employers in Wisconsin.

Metal Products Inc (83 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Metal Products Inc
Metal Products Inc (83 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Metal Products Inc has more employees than the Machine Shop 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 4.8 2.4 3 1 0
2020 6.2 3.7 5 0 0
2019 3.5 1.2 2 1 0
2018 5.6 5.6 4 1 0
2017 4.7 3.5 4 0 0
2016 7.1 3.5 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · WI · Appleton

387 Machine Shop 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 Ledford Engineering CO., Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MEYCO MACHINE AND TOOL, INC 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carlson Tool & Manufacturing Corp 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CARR LANE MANUFACTURING CO 5.4 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 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 SLC 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR ibuilders corp 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bucks Country Gardens 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR County Waste LLC 2 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE AES Industries 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE 57231 Pasadena 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE 55837 Imperial 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marc Glassman Inc 55MW 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: 2024, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.