Water (i.e., drinking) coolers, mechanical, manufacturing · Wisconsin

Plexus Manufacturing Solutions - Appleton

Appleton, WI · ~212 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Plexus Manufacturing Solutions - Appleton runs at 21% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Water (i.e., drinking) coolers, mechanical, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Plexus Manufacturing Solutions - Appleton: 0.7 TCR = 21% of Water (i.e., drinking) coolers, mechanical, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Plexus Manufacturing Solutions - Appleton safety composite

Plexus Manufacturing Solutions - Appleton scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.4

2023→2024

Plexus Manufacturing Solutions - Appleton injury rate improved

Plexus Manufacturing Solutions - Appleton's TCR fell 1.4 from 1.4 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=1.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 21% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/27
  • PHOTO Midwest Cooling Towe…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~212 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Midwest Cooling Towers, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Plexus Manufacturing Solutions - Appleton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Plexus Manufacturing Solutions - Appleton averages 0.7 TCR (21% of the Water (i.e., drinking) coolers, mechanical, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Plexus Manufacturing Solutions - Appleton TCR series: 2023=1.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Plexus Manufacturing Solutions - Appleton falls in its industry

461 Water (i.e., drinking) coolers establishments

Safer than 92% 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 #1 safest of 27 Water (i.e., drinking) coolers employers in Wisconsin.

Plexus Manufacturing Solutions - Appleton (212 employees, TCR 0.7) 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 Plexus Manufacturing Solutions - Appleton
Plexus Manufacturing Solutions - Appleton (212 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 164 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Plexus Manufacturing Solutions - Appleton has more employees than the Water (i.e., drinking) coolers, mechanic 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.4 0.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333415 · WI · Appleton

461 Water (i.e., drinking) coolers, mechanical, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 356 employers in Appleton, 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 Midwest Cooling Towers, Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Transport Solutions NA and EMEA : MFG-Arecibo-Puerto Rico 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waynesboro 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : MFG-Lynn Haven, FL-USA 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Continental Properties Company, Inc. 212 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ahern Appleton (NE) Office 212 FTE
STATE-SIZE Renewal by Andersen North 212 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monogram Appetizers Post Road 212 FTE
CITY-NEAR ThedaCare Regional Medical Center Appleton 1,649 FTE
CITY-NEAR ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton 1,563 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Operations 1,321 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fox Valley Technical College (WI) 1,279 FTE
NAT-TCR Iliad, Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR D2div-Ph-Dallas 2 Division 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR ProteinSimple 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR OEM Columbus 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE University Retirement Community 212 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ellwood Quality Steels 212 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alliant Systems, LLC 212 FTE
NAT-SIZE 300000170855405 - GA-Fairburn-Intermodal 212 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.