Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction · Wisconsin

Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Inc.

Waukesha, WI · ~33 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Inc. runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction workplace, earning a grade B.

Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Inc.: 1.9 TCR = 69% of Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Inc. safety composite

Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Inc.: 3.2 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2.74× in 2024

Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.2 from 3.2 in 2018 to 5.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Waukesha, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 69% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #12/33
  • PHOTO J Pettiecord Inc
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: J Pettiecord Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Inc. averages 1.9 TCR (69% of the Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction BLS benchmark).

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

Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Inc. TCR series: 2018=3.2 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Caisson (i.e., drilled buildin establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 33 Caisson (i.e., drilled buildin employers in Wisconsin.

Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Inc.
Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Inc. has fewer employees than the Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundati median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 5.1 5.1 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.2 3.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · WI · Waukesha

1,750 Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 285 employers in Waukesha, 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 J Pettiecord Inc 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gantt's Excavating & Contracting, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 8743_20198 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hudick Excavating, Inc. 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE HM Clause - Sun Prairie 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fort Atkinson 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gorman General Contractors 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE J&J Contractors I LLC 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waukesha Memorial Hospital 2,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR Generac-Waukesha 1,387 FTE
CITY-NEAR GEHC : Waukesha WI (WSO), HCS 1,384 FTE
CITY-NEAR Generac Power Systems, Inc. 1,090 FTE
NAT-TCR Department of Social Services 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Express & Suites 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Jackson 10205 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Greece 10194 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hotel Diva 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Idaho 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE EMS - Cardigan Ridge Sr Living 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE ECHO ED Corp 33 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.