Iron foundries · Wisconsin
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 1
Waupaca, WI · ~520 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 1 runs at 273% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Iron foundries workplace, earning a grade F.
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 1: 9.0 TCR = 273% of Iron foundries BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 1 safety composite
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 1 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 9 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 1: 7.0 → 9.9 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 12.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.75× in 2024
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 1's TCR rose 2.9 from 7.0 in 2016 to 9.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331511 · Waupaca, WI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 273% of ind
- DART 6.7 DART
- RANK #22/39
- PHOTO SP Foundry
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 376 inj
- SIZE ~520 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: SP Foundry (0.0 TCR gap)
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Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 1 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Graham White F
Graham White Foundry 1201
9.2 TCR
- Metal Technolo
Metal Technologies Auburn, LLC
9.2 TCR
- This site
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 1
9 TCR
- SP Foundry
SP Foundry
9 TCR
- SanCasT
SanCasT
8.9 TCR
What this shows Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 1 averages 9.0 TCR (273% of the Iron foundries BLS benchmark).
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 1 TCR series: 2016=7 · 2017=8.6 · 2018=12.8 · 2019=9.2 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=9.8 · 2022=7 · 2023=7 · 2024=9.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 1 falls in its industry
272 Iron foundries establishmentsSafer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 39 Iron foundries employers in Wisconsin.
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 1 has more employees than the Iron foundries 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 | 9.9 | 6.7 | 38 | 9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 27 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 41 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.7 | 6.5 | 41 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.2 | 7.1 | 44 | 8 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12.8 | 7.8 | 61 | 19 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.6 | 5.3 | 51 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331511 · WI · Waupaca
272 Iron foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 33 employers in Waupaca, 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 | SP Foundry | 9.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SanCasT | 8.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Graham White Foundry 1201 | 9.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Metal Technologies Auburn, LLC | 9.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | MMC- Eau Claire | 520 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1855-WIAPP017 | 520 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wisconsin Army National Guard | 520 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Modine Manufacturing Company - Racine | 521 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 2/3 | 834 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ThedaCare Medical Center Waupaca | 279 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 0 (Corporate) | 215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gusmer Enterprises, Inc. - Waupaca | 213 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Colfax Store | 9.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Valley View Health Campus | 9.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Central Electric Cooperative,Inc. | 9.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HBC Services Company (W003) | 9.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | KSH - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC | 520 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lear Guilford - Kenansville | 520 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Baylor Heart and Vascular Center, L.L.P. | 520 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Plant City | 520 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.