Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers · Wisconsin

Wausau Chemical Corporation

Wausau, WI · ~49 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wausau Chemical Corporation runs at 359% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Wausau Chemical Corporation: 7.9 TCR = 359% of Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wausau Chemical Corporation safety composite

Wausau Chemical Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

TCR Δ

−10.6

2020→2024

Wausau Chemical Corporation injury rate improved

Wausau Chemical Corporation's TCR fell 10.6 from 17.0 in 2020 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 17.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=17.0 · 2021=7.0 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Wausau, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 359% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #34/35
  • PHOTO Barton Solvents, Inc…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Barton Solvents, Inc. DM (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wausau Chemical Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wausau Chemical Corporation averages 7.9 TCR (359% of the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Wausau Chemical Corporation TCR series: 2020=17 · 2021=7 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Wausau Chemical Corporation falls in its industry

766 Chemicals (except agriculture) establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 35 Chemicals (except agriculture) employers in Wisconsin.

Wausau Chemical Corporation (49 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Wausau Chemical Corporation
Wausau Chemical Corporation (49 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Wausau Chemical Corporation has more employees than the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., au median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 6.4 2.1 3 0 0
2023 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2022 6.6 0.0 2 1 0
2021 7.0 1.8 3 1 0
2020 17.0 8.5 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · WI · Wausau

766 Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 153 employers in Wausau, 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 Barton Solvents, Inc. DM 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2501 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chemicals Incorporated Fairfield 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seeler Industries 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE C Dairy LLC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Frey Construction and Home Improvement, LLC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc. 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Board Store Home Improvements, Inc. 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aspirus Wausau Hospital 2,551 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aspirus Inc 1,055 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aspirus Clinic Inc. 931 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co., Inc. 900 FTE
NAT-TCR 2697 - Oahu-Kailua 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 1974 - Jacksonville St Johns 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 1958 - Fontana North 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 1034 - Santa Fe 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE LAS Customer Care, LLC 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE McVantage Packaging - Nashville 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oasis Las Vegas RV Resort 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cox Paving of Texas 49 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, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.