Gears, power transmission (except aircraft, motor vehicle), manufacturing · Wisconsin
Milwaukee Gear
Milwaukee, WI · ~92 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Milwaukee Gear runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Gears, power transmission (except aircraft, motor vehicle), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Milwaukee Gear: 2.2 TCR = 65% of Gears, power transmission (except aircraft, motor vehicle), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Milwaukee Gear safety composite
Milwaukee Gear scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
69/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 83% 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
−1.3
2016→2023
Milwaukee Gear injury rate improved
Milwaukee Gear's TCR fell 1.3 from 1.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=1.3 · 2017=5.1 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=2.9 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333612 · Milwaukee, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 65% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #6/12
- PHOTO Overton Chicago Gear…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~92 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Overton Chicago Gear - Lombard (0.0 TCR gap)
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Milwaukee Gear in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Milwaukee Gear
2.2 TCR
- Overton Chicag
Overton Chicago Gear - Lombard
2.2 TCR
- VA02-SMA-SUFFO
VA02-SMA-SUFFOLK
2.2 TCR
- PEERLESS-WINSM
PEERLESS-WINSMITH
2.2 TCR
- Lenze
Lenze
2.2 TCR
What this shows Milwaukee Gear averages 2.2 TCR (65% of the Gears, power transmission (except aircraft, motor vehicle), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Milwaukee Gear TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2017=5.1 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=2.9 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Milwaukee Gear falls in its industry
106 Gears, power transmission (exc establishmentsSafer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 12 Gears, power transmission (exc employers in Wisconsin.
Milwaukee Gear has more employees than the Gears, power transmission (except aircra median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333612 · WI · Milwaukee
106 Gears, power transmission (except aircraft, motor vehicle), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 980 employers in Milwaukee, 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 | Overton Chicago Gear - Lombard | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | VA02-SMA-SUFFOLK | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PEERLESS-WINSMITH | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lenze | 2.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | La Macchia Group, LLC | 92 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Main Office | 92 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | James Peterson Sons, Inc. | 92 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kuhlman Incorporated | 92 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center | 7,587 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FROEDTERT HOSPITAL | 7,328 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Milwaukee Hospital | 3,398 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Childrens Hospital - Milw Campus | 2,851 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | IL.BOLIN.4 - Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 0275 | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Contech Hoump | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Black Button Distilling | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Canyon Plastics, LLC | 92 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | River Towne Center | 92 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Greer Elementary School | 92 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Berry's Casino dba Silverado Casino | 92 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.