Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · Wisconsin
Nick's Welding & Fabricating Hixton
Hixton, WI · ~37 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Nick's Welding & Fabricating Hixton runs at 332% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Nick's Welding & Fabricating Hixton: 11.0 TCR = 332% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Nick's Welding & Fabricating Hixton safety composite
Nick's Welding & Fabricating Hixton scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% 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%).
TCR Δ
−28.9
2016→2024
Nick's Welding & Fabricating Hixton injury rate improved
Nick's Welding & Fabricating Hixton's TCR fell 28.9 from 33.4 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 33.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=33.4 · 2018=13.9 · 2019=10.0 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=8.0 · 2023=9.8 · 2024=4.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332312 · Hixton, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.0 · 332% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #38/46
- PHOTO MMW Fabrication, Ltd
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 33 inj
- SIZE ~37 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: MMW Fabrication, Ltd (0.0 TCR gap)
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Nick's Welding & Fabricating Hixton in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Nick's Welding & Fabricating Hixton
11 TCR
- Evans Metal Pr
Evans Metal Products Co Inc
11 TCR
- MMW Fabricatio
MMW Fabrication, Ltd
10.9 TCR
- Greco Steel Pr
Greco Steel Products, Inc
10.9 TCR
- FIELD ERECTION
FIELD ERECTION DIVISION
10.9 TCR
What this shows Nick's Welding & Fabricating Hixton averages 11.0 TCR (332% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Nick's Welding & Fabricating Hixton TCR series: 2016=33.4 · 2018=13.9 · 2019=10 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=3 · 2022=8 · 2023=9.8 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Nick's Welding & Fabricating Hixton falls in its industry
1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishmentsSafer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 46 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in Wisconsin.
Nick's Welding & Fabricating Hixton has fewer employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.8 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13.9 | 11.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 33.4 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332312 · WI · Hixton
1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 3 employers in Hixton, 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 | MMW Fabrication, Ltd | 10.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Greco Steel Products, Inc | 10.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FIELD ERECTION DIVISION | 10.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Evans Metal Products Co Inc | 11.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Habelman Bros. Company | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lamers Dairy, Inc | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wissota Hydro Plant | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stevens Point | 37 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Superior Fresh LLC | 104 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hixton Regional Office | 34 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Dykes Lumber Co. Inc. | 11.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Golden Moving Systems Inc. | 11.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1114 - NSM Nyberg Rivers | 11.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Saint Joseph Living Center | 11.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Nugent Electric Inc | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bates Engineers | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kings Aire, Inc | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kentucky BioProcessing | 37 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.