Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing · Wisconsin

Rust-Oleum Corporation - Waupun

Waupun, WI · ~23 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rust-Oleum Corporation - Waupun runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Rust-Oleum Corporation - Waupun: 0.5 TCR = 16% of Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rust-Oleum Corporation - Waupun safety composite

Rust-Oleum Corporation - Waupun scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% 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

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Rust-Oleum Corporation - Waupun held a steady TCR band

Rust-Oleum Corporation - Waupun's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Waupun, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 16% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/24
  • PHOTO USA IL South Holland…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: USA IL South Holland Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rust-Oleum Corporation - Waupun in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rust-Oleum Corporation - Waupun averages 0.5 TCR (16% of the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Rust-Oleum Corporation - Waupun TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Rust-Oleum Corporation - Waupun falls in its industry

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

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 24 Architectural coatings (i.e., employers in Wisconsin.

Rust-Oleum Corporation - Waupun (23 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Rust-Oleum Corporation - Waupun
Rust-Oleum Corporation - Waupun (23 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Rust-Oleum Corporation - Waupun has fewer employees than the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) man 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 Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · WI · Waupun

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 12 employers in Waupun, 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 USA IL South Holland Plant 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR DSM Desotech Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR POR Products, LLC 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henkel Corporation-Warren 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE W3855 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Badger Unified Cooperative Services 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE 768 New Richmond Agronomy 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE 079 Evansville Agronomy 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saputo Cheese_Waupun 430 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waupun Memorial Hospital 241 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tenneco 166 FTE
CITY-NEAR Silgan Containers Waupun 95 FTE
NAT-TCR CenterPoint Energy - Danville 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hermiston Power Plant 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Comstar Enterprises Inc 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR A. A. Boos & Sons, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ernst Concrete Columbus Plant 2 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leonard C. Carnaghi, Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Senior Center - Center 50+ 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lutz-JESCO America Corp. 23 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.