Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) · Wisconsin

Wausau

Wausau, WI · ~172 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wausau runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade B.

Wausau: 2.4 TCR = 54% of Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wausau safety composite

Wausau scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−4.8

2016→2024

Wausau injury rate improved

Wausau's TCR fell 4.8 from 6.5 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.5 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=1.0 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Wausau, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 54% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #10/100
  • PHOTO Topeka 052
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~172 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Topeka 052 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wausau in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wausau averages 2.4 TCR (54% of the Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS benchmark).

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

Wausau TCR series: 2016=6.5 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=1 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Wausau falls in its industry

3,020 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

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 100 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Wisconsin.

Wausau (172 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 Wausau
Wausau (172 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Wausau has more employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, long-dis median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 1.6 0.8 2 0 0
2023 1.5 1.0 3 0 0
2022 3.1 2.0 6 0 0
2021 1.0 1.0 2 0 0
2020 1.1 0.6 2 0 0
2019 2.1 1.1 4 0 0
2018 2.2 1.1 4 0 0
2017 2.7 2.7 5 0 0
2016 6.5 3.6 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · WI · Wausau

3,020 Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) 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 Topeka 052 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR OXR-ODFL 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Road - Wichita Service Center 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hagerstown Shop MD FXFE-HGRS 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Madison WI Plant 172 FTE
STATE-SIZE 714-PL001 172 FTE
STATE-SIZE Little Rapids Corporation - Larsen Road 172 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coating Place Inc. Verona 172 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 Straub Construction Co Inc 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mountain View Programs 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ouachita Fertilizer Company, LLC Monroe 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kershaw Facility 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Lutheran Home: Belle Plaine 172 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Dcps Cluster 1 172 FTE
NAT-SIZE BERRYHEN 172 FTE
NAT-SIZE Berries 172 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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