Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Wisconsin

Zalk Josephs

Stoughton, WI · ~80 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zalk Josephs runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Zalk Josephs: 3.6 TCR = 108% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zalk Josephs safety composite

Zalk Josephs scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Zalk Josephs: 0.0 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.26× in 2024

Zalk Josephs's TCR rose 4.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Stoughton, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 108% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #10/46
  • PHOTO Ford Steel LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ford Steel LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zalk Josephs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zalk Josephs averages 3.6 TCR (108% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Zalk Josephs TCR series: 2016=0 · 2022=7 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Zalk Josephs falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

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 46 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Wisconsin.

Zalk Josephs (80 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 Zalk Josephs
Zalk Josephs (80 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Zalk Josephs has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 4.7 0.9 5 0 0
2023 2.6 1.3 2 0 0
2022 7.0 4.2 5 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · WI · Stoughton

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 44 employers in Stoughton, 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 Ford Steel LLC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Victory Steel Co. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diamond Iron Works 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mavid Construction Sevices LLC 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lexington Homes 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bob Anderson Builders, Inc. 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Infinity Exteriors LLC 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stoughton (Manf.) 662 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stoughton Trailers LLC Plant 6 426 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1176 376 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stoughton Hospital 364 FTE
NAT-TCR O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ft Myers Branch 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Frazier Co.-Main 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Clackamas Site 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE DuBois Office, Shop and Plant 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roesch Acquisitions LLC 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Federal Steel & Erection Co. 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bjerk Builders, LLC 80 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, 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.