Tools, handheld, nonpowered (except kitchen-type), manufacturing · Wisconsin

Swanstrom Tools USA

Superior, WI · ~60 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Swanstrom Tools USA runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tools, handheld, nonpowered (except kitchen-type), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Swanstrom Tools USA: 5.7 TCR = 173% of Tools, handheld, nonpowered (except kitchen-type), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Swanstrom Tools USA safety composite

Swanstrom Tools USA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Swanstrom Tools USA: 3.0 → 9.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 9.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2024

Swanstrom Tools USA's TCR rose 6.7 from 3.0 in 2017 to 9.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332216 · Superior, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 173% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #10/14
  • PHOTO Alcon Tool Company
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alcon Tool Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Swanstrom Tools USA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Swanstrom Tools USA averages 5.7 TCR (173% of the Tools, handheld, nonpowered (except kitchen-type), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Swanstrom Tools USA TCR series: 2017=3 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=9.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Swanstrom Tools USA falls in its industry

174 Tools, handheld, nonpowered (e establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 14 Tools, handheld, nonpowered (e employers in Wisconsin.

Swanstrom Tools USA (60 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Swanstrom Tools USA
Swanstrom Tools USA (60 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Swanstrom Tools USA has fewer employees than the Tools, handheld, nonpowered (except kitc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 9.7 2.4 4 0 0
2023 4.4 0.0 2 0 0
2017 3.0 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332216 · WI · Superior

174 Tools, handheld, nonpowered (except kitchen-type), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 80 employers in Superior, 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 Alcon Tool Company 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR MOGADORE/ALBION PLANT 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Tool & Gauge 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diamond Saw Works, Inc. 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rock Prairie Dairy LLC 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steigerwaldt Land Services, Inc. 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valley Power Plant 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Horizon Construction Group 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR School District of Superior 1,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Halvor Lines, Inc. Superior 747 FTE
CITY-NEAR Halvor Lines Superior Terminal 527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakehead Constructors, Inc. 474 FTE
NAT-TCR Chatsworth Park Health Care Center 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Nebea - Beatrice 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Nmgal - Gallup Center 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Landover Store 2351 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Orchards Management LLC 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Hugo 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE HyFlex Corporation 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Minneapolis 60 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, 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.