Fabricated plate work manufacturing · Wisconsin
Norlen Incorporated - Wausau Location
Wausau, WI · ~17 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Norlen Incorporated - Wausau Location runs at 209% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated plate work manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Norlen Incorporated - Wausau Location: 6.9 TCR = 209% of Fabricated plate work manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Norlen Incorporated - Wausau Location safety composite
Norlen Incorporated - Wausau Location scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).
52/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Norlen Incorporated - Wausau Location: 5.3 → 7.1 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 17.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023
Norlen Incorporated - Wausau Location's TCR rose 1.8 from 5.3 in 2017 to 7.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332313 · Wausau, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 209% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #30/45
- PHOTO Consolidated Rig Wor…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~17 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Consolidated Rig Works, L.P. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Norlen Incorporated - Wausau Location in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Norlen Incorporated - Wausau Location
6.9 TCR
- Consolidated R
Consolidated Rig Works, L.P.
6.9 TCR
- Trafford Plant
Trafford Plant
6.9 TCR
- WesMor Cryogen
WesMor Cryogenics, LLC
6.8 TCR
- Freedom Weldin
Freedom Welding and Fabrication LLC
6.8 TCR
What this shows Norlen Incorporated - Wausau Location averages 6.9 TCR (209% of the Fabricated plate work manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Norlen Incorporated - Wausau Location TCR series: 2017=5.3 · 2018=10.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=17.4 · 2022=7.5 · 2023=7.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Norlen Incorporated - Wausau Location falls in its industry
449 Fabricated plate work manufact establishmentsSafer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 45 Fabricated plate work manufact employers in Wisconsin.
Norlen Incorporated - Wausau Location has fewer employees than the Fabricated plate work manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332313 · WI · Wausau
449 Fabricated plate work manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 153 employers in Wausau, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Consolidated Rig Works, L.P. | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trafford Plant | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WesMor Cryogenics, LLC | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Freedom Welding and Fabrication LLC | 6.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | PortSide Builders - Neenah | 17 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mission Support Services, LLC | 17 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jens Construction Corp. | 17 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Construction | 17 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Aspirus Wausau Hospital | 2,551 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Aspirus Inc | 1,055 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Aspirus Clinic Inc. | 931 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co., Inc. | 900 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Commercial Coolants Inc dba Design Air Systems | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Nichols Center | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | UFP Industrial LLC | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | In-N-Out Burger Texas Meat Plant | 6.9 TCR |
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.