Die sets for metal stamping presses manufacturing · Wisconsin

Tools Inc Sussex

Sussex, WI · ~68 workers · 2 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

Tools Inc Sussex runs at 174% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Die sets for metal stamping presses manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Tools Inc Sussex: 5.7 TCR = 174% of Die sets for metal stamping presses manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tools Inc Sussex safety composite

Tools Inc Sussex scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.5

2023→2024

Tools Inc Sussex injury rate improved

Tools Inc Sussex's TCR fell 2.5 from 7.0 in 2023 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=7.0 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Sussex, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 174% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #27/37
  • PHOTO Paragon D&E
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Paragon D&E (0.1 TCR gap)

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Tools Inc Sussex in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tools Inc Sussex averages 5.7 TCR (174% of the Die sets for metal stamping presses manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Tools Inc Sussex TCR series: 2023=7 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Tools Inc Sussex falls in its industry

387 Die sets for metal stamping pr establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 37 Die sets for metal stamping pr employers in Wisconsin.

Tools Inc Sussex (68 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Tools Inc Sussex
Tools Inc Sussex (68 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Tools Inc Sussex has more employees than the Die sets for metal stamping presses manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 4.5 0.0 3 0 0
2023 7.0 1.4 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · WI · Sussex

387 Die sets for metal stamping presses manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 52 employers in Sussex, 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 Paragon D&E 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PROGRESSIVE MACHINE DIE INC 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR St.Marys Tool & Die. Co.,Inc 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Irving, Texas Container Graphics Corporation 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE R Braun Inc. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE R Braun Inc 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Metal Tech. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mid City Corporation 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR SUSSEX WI 1,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DML2 614 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sussex IM, Inc. 394 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCD Sussex 349 FTE
NAT-TCR Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Calak - Lakeport Center 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Pawlg - Willow Grove 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Kempf King of Prussia 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE AlmaVia of Camarillo 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Danbury Massillon 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE SERVPRO of Roanoke, Montgomery & Pulaski Counties 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carter Component Plant 532 68 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.