Painting (except roof) contractors · Wisconsin

Schmelzer Paint co, Inc

Madison, WI · ~26 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Schmelzer Paint co, Inc runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Painting (except roof) contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Schmelzer Paint co, Inc: 0.7 TCR = 23% of Painting (except roof) contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schmelzer Paint co, Inc safety composite

Schmelzer Paint co, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

Schmelzer Paint co, Inc: 0.0 → 3.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 4.98× in 2024

Schmelzer Paint co, Inc's TCR rose 3.2 from 0.0 in 2020 to 3.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 4.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238320 · Madison, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 23% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #1/15
  • PHOTO Keeland & Company Pa…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Keeland & Company Painting, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Schmelzer Paint co, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Schmelzer Paint co, Inc averages 0.7 TCR (23% of the Painting (except roof) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Schmelzer Paint co, Inc TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Schmelzer Paint co, Inc falls in its industry

582 Painting (except roof) contrac 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 15 Painting (except roof) contrac employers in Wisconsin.

Schmelzer Paint co, Inc (26 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Schmelzer Paint co, Inc
Schmelzer Paint co, Inc (26 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Schmelzer Paint co, Inc has fewer employees than the Painting (except roof) contractors 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 3.2 3.2 1 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

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238320 · WI · Madison

582 Painting (except roof) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 577 employers in Madison, 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 Keeland & Company Painting, LLC 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR M Brett Painting Company, Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hawaii Office 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR California Office 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE WORZELLA & SONS, INC. 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spring Grove Dairy 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ross Soil Service LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE ABS 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Mary's Hospital - Madison 2,401 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meriter Hospital 2,249 FTE
CITY-NEAR EatStreet 1,659 FTE
CITY-NEAR TDS - Junction Road (All Employees) 1,302 FTE
NAT-TCR Integrated Interiors & Construction LLP dba i2 Construction LLP 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Il Nuovo Mercato 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Pro Parts #92 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Enovapremier LLC 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Jackson 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE ISCO Industries - Kingman 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gristedes #40 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE HTF Mechanical Services, Inc. 26 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.