Water treatment and distribution · Wisconsin

Sterling Water, Inc

Name: Sterling Water, Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Eau Claire, WI · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sterling Water, Inc runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade C.

Sterling Water, Inc: 1.3 TCR = 106% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sterling Water, Inc safety composite

Sterling Water, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

Sterling Water, Inc: 0.0 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2017

Sterling Water, Inc's TCR rose 2.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Eau Claire, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.3 · 106% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #1/4
PHOTO City of Ames - Water…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Ames -

1.3
Genesee County

1.3
Saint Peters S

1.3
Aqua Services,

1.3

What this shows Sterling Water, Inc averages 1.3 TCR (106% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

Sterling Water, Inc TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.5 · BLS 1.2

Where Sterling Water, Inc falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade C

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 4 Water treatment and distributi employers in Wisconsin.

Sterling Water, Inc (42 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Sterling Water, Inc has fewer employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2017	2.5	2.5	1	0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · WI · Eau Claire

727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 271 employers in Eau Claire, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant	AMES, IA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Genesee County Water Treatment Plant	COLUMBIAVILLE, MI	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Saint Peters Service Center	SAINT PETERS, MO	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Aqua Services, Inc. - Cary	CARY, NC	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Port Washington Generating Station	PORT WASHINGWW	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Roberts Irrigation Co	PLOVER	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bielinski Homes	PEWAUKEE	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Edge Construction Inc	MONONA	42 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Precision Pipeline, LLC	Eau Claire	3,757 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire Hospital (Whipple)	Eau Claire	3,141 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WWD Sacred Heart Hospital	Eau Claire	1,370 FTE
CITY-NEAR	STORE DIVISION ADMIN - 3019	Eau Claire	900 FTE
NAT-TCR	Community Living Hourly	Clinton, IA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Oldcastle OPI - Chandler	Chandler, AZ	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	MS - Solomons, MD - 5SOMD	Solomons, MD	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Giant Eagle #3057	Pittsburgh, PA	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	WSW	Warsaw, IN	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Bethany Inc	Bethany, MO	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ottawa Cooperative Association	Ottawa, KS	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hilton Garden Inn	Westampton, NJ	42 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: 2017, 2016. 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.