Brushes, household-type and industrial, manufacturing · Wisconsin

Schaefer Brush Mfg, LLC

Waukesha, WI · ~44 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Schaefer Brush Mfg, LLC runs at 226% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Brushes, household-type and industrial, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Schaefer Brush Mfg, LLC: 7.5 TCR = 226% of Brushes, household-type and industrial, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schaefer Brush Mfg, LLC safety composite

Schaefer Brush Mfg, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

−1.3

2016→2024

Schaefer Brush Mfg, LLC injury rate improved

Schaefer Brush Mfg, LLC's TCR fell 1.3 from 10.9 in 2016 to 9.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.9 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=5.0 · 2019=9.1 · 2020=12.8 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=9.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339994 · Waukesha, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 226% of ind

  • DART 7.3 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Fairfield - Harper B…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fairfield - Harper Brush (0.3 TCR gap)

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Schaefer Brush Mfg, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Schaefer Brush Mfg, LLC averages 7.5 TCR (226% of the Brushes, household-type and industrial, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Schaefer Brush Mfg, LLC TCR series: 2016=10.9 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=5 · 2019=9.1 · 2020=12.8 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=9.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Schaefer Brush Mfg, LLC falls in its industry

47 Brushes, household-type and in establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Brushes, household-type and in employers in Wisconsin.

Schaefer Brush Mfg, LLC (44 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 119 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Schaefer Brush Mfg, LLC
Schaefer Brush Mfg, LLC (44 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 119 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Schaefer Brush Mfg, LLC has fewer employees than the Brushes, household-type and industrial, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 9.7 7.3 4 0 0
2023 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2022 2.7 0.0 1 0 0
2021 7.5 7.5 3 0 0
2020 12.8 12.8 5 0 0
2019 9.1 9.1 4 0 0
2018 5.0 0.0 2 0 0
2017 6.8 6.8 3 0 0
2016 10.9 10.9 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339994 · WI · Waukesha

47 Brushes, household-type and industrial, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 285 employers in Waukesha, 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 Fairfield - Harper Brush 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spiral Brushes, Inc. 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hoopeston 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Felton Incorporated 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Crave Brothers Farm 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holsum Elm Dairy 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Milwaukee South Shore 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARC Contracting of Wisconsin Inc 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waukesha Memorial Hospital 2,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR Generac-Waukesha 1,387 FTE
CITY-NEAR GEHC : Waukesha WI (WSO), HCS 1,384 FTE
CITY-NEAR Generac Power Systems, Inc. 1,090 FTE
NAT-TCR Desert Regional Medical Center 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR The Shores Post Acute 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Spruill Ave. 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Paragon Industries Inc. South 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Parkway Operator LLC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legacy Village of Tifton 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bauer Construction, Inc 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid-States Wood Preservers Inc. 44 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, 2017, 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.