Electric power transmission line and tower construction · Wisconsin

Michels Power, Inc-WI-ITC MVP 5

Dodgeville, WI · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michels Power, Inc-WI-ITC MVP 5 runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electric power transmission line and tower construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Michels Power, Inc-WI-ITC MVP 5: 4.2 TCR = 151% of Electric power transmission line and tower construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michels Power, Inc-WI-ITC MVP 5 safety composite

Michels Power, Inc-WI-ITC MVP 5 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.4

2022→2023

Michels Power, Inc-WI-ITC MVP 5 injury rate improved

Michels Power, Inc-WI-ITC MVP 5's TCR fell 1.4 from 4.9 in 2022 to 3.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.9 · 2023=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Dodgeville, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 151% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #24/40
  • PHOTO Michels Power- CA
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Michels Power- CA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Michels Power, Inc-WI-ITC MVP 5 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michels Power, Inc-WI-ITC MVP 5 averages 4.2 TCR (151% of the Electric power transmission line and tower construction BLS benchmark).

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

Michels Power, Inc-WI-ITC MVP 5 TCR series: 2022=4.9 · 2023=3.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Michels Power, Inc-WI-ITC MVP 5 falls in its industry

1,605 Electric power transmission li establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 40 Electric power transmission li employers in Wisconsin.

Michels Power, Inc-WI-ITC MVP 5 (32 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Michels Power, Inc-WI-ITC MVP 5
Michels Power, Inc-WI-ITC MVP 5 (32 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Michels Power, Inc-WI-ITC MVP 5 has fewer employees than the Electric power transmission line and tow median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2022 4.9 2.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · WI · Dodgeville

1,605 Electric power transmission line and tower construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 25 employers in Dodgeville, 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 Michels Power- CA 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texstar - Selma 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alaska Directional, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Armstrong Cable - Construction 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Al's Apples Inc 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2404-De Forest, WI (Monsanto Co.) 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mackville 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Construction - Sub & Trans 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dodgeville 2,840 FTE
CITY-NEAR Upland Hills Health - Hospital 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 847 277 FTE
CITY-NEAR 847 250 FTE
NAT-TCR Ken Graham Trucking 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Denton 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Clairsville OH 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Warehouse #2 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE East-Lind Heat Treat, Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anthony'S Coal Fired Pizza of Wynnewood LLC 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Icr Drywall Inc. 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacifica Senior Living Ocala 32 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.