Hardware, plastics, manufacturing · Wisconsin

Spartek, Inc

Sparta, WI · ~88 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Spartek, Inc runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Spartek, Inc: 4.5 TCR = 135% of Hardware, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Spartek, Inc safety composite

Spartek, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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%).

Spartek, Inc held a steady TCR band

Spartek, Inc's TCR held near 0.1 from 4.7 in 2017 to 4.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.7 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=8.9 · 2023=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Sparta, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 135% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #115/166
  • PHOTO Mitchell Plastics Hu…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mitchell Plastics Huntsville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Spartek, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Spartek, Inc averages 4.5 TCR (135% of the Hardware, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Spartek, Inc TCR series: 2017=4.7 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=8.9 · 2023=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Spartek, Inc falls in its industry

2,838 Hardware, plastics, manufactur establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #115 safest of 166 Hardware, plastics, manufactur employers in Wisconsin.

Spartek, Inc (88 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Spartek, Inc
Spartek, Inc (88 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Spartek, Inc has fewer employees than the Hardware, plastics, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023 4.6 1.5 3 0 0
2022 8.9 6.3 6 1 0
2021 5.4 2.7 4 0 0
2020 3.5 3.5 3 0 0
2019 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2018 3.2 1.1 3 0 0
2017 4.7 4.7 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · WI · Sparta

2,838 Hardware, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 44 employers in Sparta, 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 Mitchell Plastics Huntsville 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR East Jordan Plastics East Jordan 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fibeco Corporation 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NOV Fiber Glass Systems, LP 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eden Stone Co. 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Construction 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indianhead Pipeline Services, LLC 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Affiliated Construction Services, Inc. 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sparta Area School District 587 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mathews Archery, Inc 345 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Engraving Corporation 321 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plant Four 307 FTE
NAT-TCR Andrea Foods 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Saline Area Schools 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Betteravia Farms 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Perkins. LLC #1043 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE American Sugar Refining, Inc. - Cleveland 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Disney Appear Care 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Bentley University Lacava Cafe 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Potomac Supply LLC 88 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.