Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) · Wisconsin

Southwest Opportunities Center

Lancaster, WI · ~91 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.2
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southwest Opportunities Center runs at 6% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) workplace, earning a grade A.

Southwest Opportunities Center: 0.2 TCR = 6% of Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) BLS 3.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southwest Opportunities Center safety composite

Southwest Opportunities Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% 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

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.2

2019→2024

Southwest Opportunities Center injury rate improved

Southwest Opportunities Center's TCR fell 1.2 from 1.2 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.2 · 2020=0.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624310 · Lancaster, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 6% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/60
  • PHOTO The Lighthouse of Ho…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Lighthouse of Houston (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southwest Opportunities Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southwest Opportunities Center averages 0.2 TCR (6% of the Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) BLS benchmark).

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

Southwest Opportunities Center TCR series: 2019=1.2 · 2020=0.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.8

Where Southwest Opportunities Center falls in its industry

1,455 Sheltered workshops (i.e., wor establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 60 Sheltered workshops (i.e., wor employers in Wisconsin.

Southwest Opportunities Center (91 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Southwest Opportunities Center
Southwest Opportunities Center (91 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Southwest Opportunities Center has more employees than the Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experien median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2019 1.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624310 · WI · Lancaster

1,455 Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 18 employers in Lancaster, 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 The Lighthouse of Houston 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Headquarters 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CREATIVE WORK SOLUTIONS EMP - ALBUQUERQUE 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Louisville Regional Office 0.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Consolidated Construction Co., Inc. WI 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Security-Luebke Roofing Inc. 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Technical Center 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wigwam Mills 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bemis North America - Lancaster 188 FTE
CITY-NEAR SKYLINE CORPORATION 133 FTE
CITY-NEAR LANCASTER HEALTH SERVICES 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI) 64 FTE
NAT-TCR Jensen Industries 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Certified Constructors' Services Inc. 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bulrad Enterprises,Inc 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 250 Taylor - HQ 0.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dresher Hill Health & Rehabilitation Center 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dakota Ridge School 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diamond Path Elementary School 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emporia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center 91 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.