Anodizing equipment manufacturing · Wisconsin

Nicholson Mfg.

Ixonia, WI · ~25 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nicholson Mfg. runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Anodizing equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Nicholson Mfg.: 1.4 TCR = 41% of Anodizing equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nicholson Mfg. safety composite

Nicholson Mfg. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Nicholson Mfg.: 0.0 → 4.1 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 4.1 TCR · DART/TCR 3.01× in 2019

Nicholson Mfg.'s TCR rose 4.1 from 0.0 in 2017 to 4.1 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 3.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333249 · Ixonia, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 41% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #6/32
  • PHOTO Cannon USA Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cannon USA Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nicholson Mfg. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nicholson Mfg. averages 1.4 TCR (41% of the Anodizing equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Nicholson Mfg. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Nicholson Mfg. falls in its industry

448 Anodizing equipment manufactur establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 32 Anodizing equipment manufactur employers in Wisconsin.

Nicholson Mfg. (25 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Nicholson Mfg.
Nicholson Mfg. (25 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Nicholson Mfg. has fewer employees than the Anodizing equipment manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2019 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333249 · WI · Ixonia

448 Anodizing equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 15 employers in Ixonia, 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 Cannon USA Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plastikos, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stratasys SDM (Valencia) 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Joslyn Manufacturing Co., Inc. 1.4 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 Wet Plant 260 FTE
CITY-NEAR G&V Machine Company Inc 101 FTE
CITY-NEAR K&S Manufacturing 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR HeatTek Plant 1 88 FTE
NAT-TCR BCI Tennessee Division 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cenveo Hurlock 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR College of Wooster 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kw International Inc Il 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Con-Jel Sales - Division of Joshen Paper & Packaging 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commercial Roofing 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Deaver Ranch Inc 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4 Over, LLC. Commerce Office 25 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.