Air-conditioning equipment (except motor vehicle) manufacturing · Wisconsin

Nor-Lake, Inc.

Hudson, WI · ~297 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nor-Lake, Inc. runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Air-conditioning equipment (except motor vehicle) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Nor-Lake, Inc.: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Air-conditioning equipment (except motor vehicle) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nor-Lake, Inc. safety composite

Nor-Lake, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

Nor-Lake, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Nor-Lake, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 3.0 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.0 · 2020=0.4 · 2021=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333415 · Hudson, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #8/27
  • PHOTO Portacool, LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~297 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Portacool, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nor-Lake, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nor-Lake, Inc. averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Air-conditioning equipment (except motor vehicle) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Nor-Lake, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3 · 2020=0.4 · 2021=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Nor-Lake, Inc. falls in its industry

461 Air-conditioning equipment (ex establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 27 Air-conditioning equipment (ex employers in Wisconsin.

Nor-Lake, Inc. (297 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 164 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Nor-Lake, Inc.
Nor-Lake, Inc. (297 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 164 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Nor-Lake, Inc. has more employees than the Air-conditioning equipment (except motor median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2021 3.1 2.8 9 0 0
2020 0.4 0.4 1 0 0
2016 3.0 2.0 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333415 · WI · Hudson

461 Air-conditioning equipment (except motor vehicle) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 74 employers in Hudson, 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 Portacool, LLC 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR M&M Refrigeration Inc 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kold Draft International, LLC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4080 Enterprise Way 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Michels Pipeline- Brownsville 297 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henry Schein - WIWAL 297 FTE
STATE-SIZE Badger Liquor Co., Inc. 297 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus Community Hospital 297 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hudson School District 854 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hudson Hospital 393 FTE
CITY-NEAR Norlake 322 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phillips-Medisize, LLC - St. Croix Meadows 314 FTE
NAT-TCR CCL Design-Brunswick 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ABS Building Systems Integrators, LLC 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Fieldcrest 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hydaker-Wheatlake Zilwaukee 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Seneca sawmill company 297 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prime Controls Lewisville 297 FTE
NAT-SIZE US Army Dugway Proving Ground 297 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4813-48130009-Freeman Expo Atlanta 297 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: 2021, 2020, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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