Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · Wisconsin

Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc.

Milwaukee, WI · ~28 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc. runs at 365% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade F.

Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc.: 12.1 TCR = 365% of Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc. safety composite

Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 26.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc.: 16.4 → 26.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 26.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2.2× in 2024

Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc.'s TCR rose 10.1 from 16.4 in 2017 to 26.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332111 · Milwaukee, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.1 · 365% of ind

  • DART 26.5 DART
  • RANK #8/10
  • PHOTO Presrite-Jefferson D…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Presrite-Jefferson Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc. averages 12.1 TCR (365% of the Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).

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

Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc. TCR series: 2017=16.4 · 2019=13 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=7.9 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=8.7 · 2024=26.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc. falls in its industry

241 Forgings made from purchased i establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 10 Forgings made from purchased i employers in Wisconsin.

Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc. (28 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc.
Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc. (28 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc. has fewer employees than the Forgings made from purchased iron or ste median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 26.5 26.5 6 0 0
2023 8.7 8.7 2 0 0
2022 7.8 7.8 2 0 0
2021 7.9 7.9 2 0 0
2020 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2019 13.0 13.0 4 0 0
2017 16.4 8.2 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332111 · WI · Milwaukee

241 Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished 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 Presrite-Jefferson Division 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR LODI IRON WORKS 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR BERKELEY FORGE 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises 11.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Spring Grove Dairy - SGD382 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand View Dairy Farm, Inc. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cross Farms 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2404-DeForest, WI 28 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 Abbeville County Memorial Hospital 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pro-Tech Mfg & Dist, Inc 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Laurel Brook Operator, LLC 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Station 6: Edwards 12.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crabil Manufacturing, Inc 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Accurate Mechanical Contractors, Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE SN Precision Enterprises Inc dba Pacamor Kubar Bearings 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Environmental Air, Inc. 28 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.