Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · Wisconsin

Sterling Wisconsin LLC

Germantown, WI · ~209 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sterling Wisconsin LLC runs at 21% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Sterling Wisconsin LLC: 0.7 TCR = 21% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sterling Wisconsin LLC safety composite

Sterling Wisconsin LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

Sterling Wisconsin LLC held a steady TCR band

Sterling Wisconsin LLC's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.5 in 2020 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.5 · 2021=1.0 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Germantown, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 21% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #5/22
  • PHOTO Baxter, North Cove, …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~209 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Baxter, North Cove, NC, USA - MFG (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sterling Wisconsin LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sterling Wisconsin LLC averages 0.7 TCR (21% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sterling Wisconsin LLC TCR series: 2020=0.5 · 2021=1 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Sterling Wisconsin LLC falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 22 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in Wisconsin.

Sterling Wisconsin LLC (209 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sterling Wisconsin LLC
Sterling Wisconsin LLC (209 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Sterling Wisconsin LLC has more employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 0.8 0.4 2 0 0
2023 0.4 0.4 1 0 0
2021 1.0 0.0 1 1 0
2020 0.5 0.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · WI · Germantown

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 112 employers in Germantown, 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 Baxter, North Cove, NC, USA - MFG 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR TriLink Biotech (Wateridge) 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teva Pharmaceuticals USA - Fairfield 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mayne Pharma Inc. - Raleigh, NC 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Seneca Foods Corporation - Cumberland 209 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1326 CORNELL RD 209 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wixon Inc 209 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Northern Corporation - Appleton 209 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ellsworth Corporation - Germantown, Wisconsin 428 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1515 376 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1515 366 FTE
CITY-NEAR Weimer Bearing & Transmission, Inc. 353 FTE
NAT-TCR Athena Controls Inc 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ram Electronic Industries, Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Elements Manufacturing Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR BHA Woodland Admin 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE NHK Spring Precision of America 209 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chamberlin Dallas LLC 209 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wet'n Wild Emerald Pointe 209 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woodland Springs 209 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, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.