Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing · Wisconsin
Middle West Mfg Corp.
Menomonee Falls, WI · ~25 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Middle West Mfg Corp. runs at 383% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Middle West Mfg Corp.: 12.6 TCR = 383% of Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Middle West Mfg Corp. safety composite
Middle West Mfg Corp. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).
16/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 12.64 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% 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
Middle West Mfg Corp.: 4.4 → 44.0 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 44.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.77× in 2024
Middle West Mfg Corp.'s TCR rose 39.6 from 4.4 in 2016 to 44.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332313 · Menomonee Falls, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 12.6 · 383% of ind
- DART 9.8 DART
- RANK #42/45
- PHOTO Custom Steel #1
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~25 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Custom Steel #1 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Middle West Mfg Corp. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Kapco Hickory
Kapco Hickory
12.8 TCR
- Custom Steel #
Custom Steel #1
12.7 TCR
- This site
Middle West Mfg Corp.
12.6 TCR
- Natural Struct
Natural Structures
12.5 TCR
- MKT Metal Mfg.
MKT Metal Mfg.
12.2 TCR
What this shows Middle West Mfg Corp. averages 12.6 TCR (383% of the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Middle West Mfg Corp. TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2017=14.4 · 2018=13.1 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=10.2 · 2021=0 · 2023=10.7 · 2024=44 · BLS 3.3
Where Middle West Mfg Corp. falls in its industry
449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 45 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut employers in Wisconsin.
Middle West Mfg Corp. has fewer employees than the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 | 44.0 | 9.8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13.1 | 4.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 14.4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332313 · WI · Menomonee Falls
449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, 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 | Custom Steel #1 | 12.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kapco Hickory | 12.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Natural Structures | 12.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MKT Metal Mfg. | 12.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Fergusons Minnesota Harvest LLC | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Minocqua Service Center | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Janesville Headquarters | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Berlin Office | 25 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 | Gregory Industries dba Gregory Metal Processing | 12.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oakmont of Las Vegas | 12.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lifecare Center of the North Shore | 12.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Prisendorf Care, LLC | 12.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Main Office | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Victor | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Leonard Water Services, LLC | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BRD | 25 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.