Backfilling, construction · Wisconsin

Northern Clearing Inc.

Name: Northern Clearing Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Ashland, WI · ~392 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.0
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Northern Clearing Inc. runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Backfilling, construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Northern Clearing Inc.: 1.0 TCR = 34% of Backfilling, construction BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Clearing Inc. safety composite

Northern Clearing Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.5

2016→2024

Northern Clearing Inc. injury rate improved

Northern Clearing Inc.'s TCR fell 1.5 from 2.1 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=1.0 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Ashland, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 34% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #2/33
PHOTO Neuber Environmental…
BOOK 8y book
INJ 37 inj
SIZE ~392 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Neuber Environmental Services, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Northern Clearing Inc. averages 1.0 TCR (34% of the Backfilling, construction BLS benchmark).

Northern Clearing Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=1 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Northern Clearing Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Backfilling, construction establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 33 Backfilling, construction employers in Wisconsin.

Northern Clearing Inc. (392 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Northern Clearing Inc. has more employees than the Backfilling, construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2024	0.6	0.0	2	0
2023	0.7	0.2	3	0
2022	0.5	0.5	2	0
2021	0.9	0.6	5	1
2020	0.9	0.2	4	0
2019	1.0	0.6	5	0
2018	1.1	0.9	7	0
2016	2.1	1.4	9	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · WI · Ashland

1,750 Backfilling, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 38 employers in Ashland, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Neuber Environmental Services, Inc.	GILBERTSVILLE, PA	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Berger Excavating Contractors	WAUCONDA, IL	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DL George and Sons Construction	WAYNESBORO, PA	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	3E Contracting, LLC	CYPRESS, TX	1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Kwik Trip Bakery 779	LA CROSSE	392 FTE
STATE-SIZE	St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville	JANESVILLE	392 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1855-WIAPP012	STEVENS POINT	392 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sand Valley Golf Resort	NEKOOSA	392 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Memorial Medical Center	Ashland	458 FTE
CITY-NEAR	C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company Inc.	Ashland	412 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1672	Ashland	247 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1672	Ashland	233 FTE
NAT-TCR	Avista Spokane Valley	Spokane Valley, WA	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Unchained Labs	Pleasanton, CA	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	James G Davis Construction Corporation	Rockville, MD	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Chapel Hill Operations	Chapel Hill, NC	1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SER Construction Partners, LLC	Pasadena, TX	392 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1425 Horsham SNF Operations LLC	North Wales, PA	392 FTE
NAT-SIZE	EJ - Ardmore Foundry	Ardmore, OK	392 FTE
NAT-SIZE	FL_Bradenton_5413 E State Road 64_00610104	Bradenton, FL	392 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.