Fabrics, nonwoven, manufacturing · Wisconsin

Straus Knitting Mills

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St. Croix Falls, WI · ~33 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Straus Knitting Mills runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabrics, nonwoven, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Straus Knitting Mills: 5.7 TCR = 173% of Fabrics, nonwoven, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Straus Knitting Mills safety composite

Straus Knitting Mills scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 13.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

Straus Knitting Mills: 0.0 → 19.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 19.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2.33× in 2021

Straus Knitting Mills's TCR rose 19.9 from 0.0 in 2017 to 19.9 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313230 · St. Croix Falls, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 173% of ind

DART 13.3 DART
RANK #16/18
PHOTO Chomarat North Ameri…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chomarat North America - New Pond Rd Site (0.0 TCR gap)

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CON

5.7

What this shows Straus Knitting Mills averages 5.7 TCR (173% of the Fabrics, nonwoven, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Straus Knitting Mills TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=3 · 2021=19.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Straus Knitting Mills falls in its industry

191 Fabrics, nonwoven, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 18 Fabrics, nonwoven, manufacturi employers in Wisconsin.

Straus Knitting Mills (33 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Straus Knitting Mills has fewer employees than the Fabrics, nonwoven, 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
2021	19.9	13.3	6
2020	3.0	3.0	1
2019	2.8	2.8	1
2018	2.7	2.7	1
2017	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313230 · WI · St. Croix Falls

191 Fabrics, nonwoven, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 4 employers in St. Croix Falls, 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	Chomarat North America - New Pond Rd Site	ANDERSON, SC	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Foss Manufactoring Co LLC	ROME, GA	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CON	CONOVER, NC	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Shalag US Inc.	OXFORD, NC	5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	HM Clause - Sun Prairie	SUN PRAIRIE	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fort Atkinson	FORT ATKINSON	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gorman General Contractors	OREGON	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	J&J Contractors I LLC	GREENDALE	33 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2581 Market Place St. Croix, WI	St. Croix Falls	75 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Divine Rehabilitation and Nursing at St. Croix	St. Croix Falls	66 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nobles Worldwide	St. Croix Falls	62 FTE
NAT-TCR	Meridian Foods	Eaton, IN	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sutter Medical Foundation (185-490)	Fairfield, CA	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	1123 - Sarasota Square Mall Fl Whse	Sarasota, FL	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dale Construction Company, Inc.	Glenside, PA	5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Alliance Plumbing	Troutdale, OR	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Benton's Sand & Gravel, Inc.	Cedar Falls, IA	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Addvantage Triton LLC	Pembroke Park, FL	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Philadelphia Maintenance Center	Philadelphia, PA	33 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.