Castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel), manufacturing · Wisconsin

Washburn Iron Works. Inc.

Washburn, WI · ~40 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
23.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Washburn Iron Works. Inc. runs at 704% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Washburn Iron Works. Inc.: 23.2 TCR = 704% of Castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Washburn Iron Works. Inc. safety composite

Washburn Iron Works. Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 23.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−15.9

2016→2024

Washburn Iron Works. Inc. injury rate improved

Washburn Iron Works. Inc.'s TCR fell 15.9 from 28.0 in 2016 to 12.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 41.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=28.0 · 2017=41.0 · 2018=13.3 · 2019=33.3 · 2021=16.0 · 2022=10.8 · 2023=31.3 · 2024=12.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · Washburn, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 23.2 · 704% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #38/39
  • PHOTO Badger Iron Works, I…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 68 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Badger Iron Works, Inc. (0.5 TCR gap)

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Washburn Iron Works. Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Washburn Iron Works. Inc. averages 23.2 TCR (704% of the Castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Washburn Iron Works. Inc. TCR series: 2016=28 · 2017=41 · 2018=13.3 · 2019=33.3 · 2021=16 · 2022=10.8 · 2023=31.3 · 2024=12.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Washburn Iron Works. Inc. falls in its industry

272 Castings, unfinished iron (e.g establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 39 Castings, unfinished iron (e.g employers in Wisconsin.

Washburn Iron Works. Inc. (40 employees, TCR 23.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Washburn Iron Works. Inc.
Washburn Iron Works. Inc. (40 employees, TCR 23.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Washburn Iron Works. Inc. has fewer employees than the Castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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
2024 12.1 4.8 5 0 0
2023 31.3 13.4 14 0 0
2022 10.8 4.3 5 0 0
2021 16.0 6.9 7 0 0
2019 33.3 13.3 10 0 0
2018 13.3 10.7 5 0 0
2017 41.0 11.7 14 0 0
2016 28.0 21.0 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · WI · Washburn

272 Castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 3 employers in Washburn, 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 Badger Iron Works, Inc. 23.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR BADGER FOUNDRY COMPANY 22.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Salisbury Foundry and Machine Co., Inc. 23.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid-City Foundry Company 22.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE W. & E. Radtke, Inc. 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE ABS Global-Waunakee 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Port Washington Generating Station 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE AZCO WPL Wood County Solar 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Lights Services INC 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hansen's IGA Washburn 58 FTE
NAT-TCR Smoky Hill Health and Rehabilitation 23.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Leslie Tannery 23.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Decatur Manor, LLC 23.2 TCR
NAT-TCR GreeneCo NC Ops, Inc. dba The Maples Health and Rehabilitation 23.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tewksbury 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE FED Corporation 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE UPT San Antonio 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eagle Eye Truck Lines 40 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, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.