Metal cutting machine tools manufacturing · Wisconsin

Polco Metal Finishing

Milwaukee, WI · ~34 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Polco Metal Finishing runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metal cutting machine tools manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Polco Metal Finishing: 2.4 TCR = 73% of Metal cutting machine tools manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Polco Metal Finishing safety composite

Polco Metal Finishing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−2.4

2018→2024

Polco Metal Finishing injury rate improved

Polco Metal Finishing's TCR fell 2.4 from 2.4 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=9.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Milwaukee, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 73% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/33
  • PHOTO Messer
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Messer (0.0 TCR gap)

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Polco Metal Finishing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Polco Metal Finishing averages 2.4 TCR (73% of the Metal cutting machine tools manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Polco Metal Finishing TCR series: 2018=2.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=9.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Polco Metal Finishing falls in its industry

391 Metal cutting machine tools ma establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 33 Metal cutting machine tools ma employers in Wisconsin.

Polco Metal Finishing (34 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Polco Metal Finishing
Polco Metal Finishing (34 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Polco Metal Finishing has fewer employees than the Metal cutting machine tools manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2022 9.3 3.1 3 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · WI · Milwaukee

391 Metal cutting machine tools manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 980 employers in Milwaukee, 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 Messer 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caribou Technologies 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mendell Machine & Manufacturing DBA EPTAM Precision Micro-machining 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aida-America Corp 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Drumlin Dairy, LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Merrillan East Coating 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bayfront Steam Plant 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bayfront Steam Plant-5D 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center 7,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR FROEDTERT HOSPITAL 7,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milwaukee Hospital 3,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR Childrens Hospital - Milw Campus 2,851 FTE
NAT-TCR State Utility Contractors Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Brinkman Construction 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Nissan Parts Redistribution Center 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Eden Hospice 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wenger Feeds - Hempfield Mill 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woodland Wood Preservers, Ltd 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valor Contracting 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alpine Roofing LTD. 34 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.