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Wisconsin workplace safety

How 12,835 OSHA-reporting employers across Wisconsin compare on workplace injuries, 2016–2024.

12,835
Employers
5.3
Avg TCR
254,546
Injuries
145
Fatalities

The state picture

Wisconsin's reporting employers average 5.3 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 2.0 times the ~2.7 all-industry private-sector norm.

5.3
avg TCR · per 100 workers
12,835
employers reporting
254,546
recordable injuries
145
worker fatalities

State average reflects each state's industry mix. Sort the table below by each employer's own grade against its industry benchmark.

Wisconsin grade distribution 12,831 graded establishments · width = share

25% of Wisconsin's reporting establishments earn an F and 14% an A, each measured against its own industry benchmark, not the state line. These grades are a transparent derived index, not an official OSHA rating; see the Methodology for the exact formula.

Where Wisconsin ranks among states

54 states & territories by avg TCR

Wisconsin's average TCR of 5.3 is lower than 45% of states, a state average reflects industry mix as much as workplace safety.

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A second cut tells a different story: ranked by injury rate alone, Wisconsin is #30 of 54. Ranked instead by fatalities per employer establishment, it's #20 of 54, a 10-place swing. A state can run a moderate everyday injury rate while its rarer, most severe incidents cluster differently; the two metrics measure different things and shouldn't be read as interchangeable.

How Wisconsin Workplaces Compare

Wisconsin hosts 12,835 employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. These are not small shops: federal rules require ITA submission from workplaces with 250+ employees in any industry, plus workplaces with 20+ employees in the roughly 60 NAICS codes classified as high-hazard (construction, manufacturing, healthcare, warehousing, agriculture, and others). Across this Wisconsin cohort, workers have logged 254,546 recordable injuries, producing a state average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 5.3 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year during 2016–2024.

The state has recorded 145 workplace fatalities in the reporting window, which is tracked separately from non-fatal injury counts because fatal events have their own investigation trail under 29 CFR 1904.39. Reading state-level TCR requires context: the headline figure is driven by a state's industry mix. A state with a heavy construction, logging, or meatpacking footprint will mechanically post higher TCR than a state dominated by finance or professional services, even when individual employers are equally well-managed. That is why the employer table below sorts each establishment by its own TCR and letter grade, against the BLS benchmark for its specific industry, not against the state average.

For jobseekers, relocators, investors, and local safety professionals, state-level pages function as an entry point: use the grade-sorted list to spot the safest and highest-risk employers in Wisconsin, then click through to an individual establishment for its year-by-year injury, illness, DART, and fatality trajectory. Compare multiple years before drawing conclusions, a single outlier year can reflect a specific event, whereas a sustained pattern across reporting cycles is a more reliable risk signal. All data comes directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries. State OSHA plans in 22 states operate their own enforcement programs in parallel, but the injury data above is harmonized through the federal ITA system.

Employers in Wisconsin, by injury rate

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Employer CityIndustryGradeAvg TCR
RCS Empowers, Inc. Sheboygan Rehabilitation job counselin D 4.7
Roberts - CPL Roberts Prestressed concrete product D 4.7
Brunner Manufacturing Co Inc Mauston - D 4.7
Elkay Interior Systems Fond Du Lac Furniture, restaurant-type, D 4.7
Wm 8167 Franklin - D 4.7
Hansen's IGA Cashton Cashton Grocery stores D 4.7
Advance Concrete Inc. Waunakee Central-mixed concrete manuf D 4.7
Lodi Lodi Ice (except dry ice) manufac D 4.7
Mayo Clinic Health System-Arcadia Arcadia MDs' (medical doctors, excep D 4.7
National Rivet & Mfg. Company Waupun Bolts, metal, manufacturing D 4.7
DeLco Drive Fertilizer - Grain - Seed Clinton Grain elevators merchant who F 4.7
Bay Converting Inc Green Bay Bonded-fiber fabrics manufac D 4.7
Garden Building - ManorView Oshkosh Assisted-living facilities w D 4.7
Mahuta Tool Corp Germantown Machine shops D 4.7
534-00407 West Milwaukee Supermarkets and Other Groce D 4.7
Eau Claire - Main Store Eau Claire Supermarkets and Other Groce D 4.7
LDI Industries Manitowoc Manitowoc Fluid power motors manufactu D 4.7
The Toro Company Plymouth General warehousing and stor C 4.7
Batteries Plus LLC - Distribution Center, WI Glendale General Warehousing and Stor C 4.7
Open Road Harley-Davidson, Fond du lac, WI Fond Du Lac Motorcycle dealers D 4.7
Glover Metal Building Erectors, Ltd. Kingston Structural steel erecting or D 4.7
Keiding Inc - WI Milwaukee Pulp products, molded, manuf D 4.7
530-Milwaukee Milwaukee School bus services C 4.7
Midwest Tops, Inc. Milwaukee Counter top, residential-typ D 4.7
MKE Terminal Milwaukee Transportation C 4.7
Spiegelhoff's Markets LLC Burlington Grocery stores D 4.7
4535-0418 Brookfield Retail/Home Furnishings D 4.7
Advanced Disposal - Minocqua Hauling Minocqua - D 4.7
Graham Architectural Products, Curtain Wall Solutions Merrill Windows, metal, manufacturin D 4.7
Holy Family Memorial Medical Center Manitowoc Hospitals, general medical a B 4.7
Astro Industries, Inc. Green Bay Coating metals and metal pro D 4.7
Marion Body Works Marion Truck bodies and cabs manufa D 4.7
GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC- New London HC New London Solid Waste and Recycle Coll D 4.7
Talgo, Inc. Milwaukee Railroad rolling stock manuf D 4.7
Integra Inc Walworth Furniture, public building ( D 4.7
The Electrician, Inc Verona Highway, street and bridge l D 4.7
Wm 802 Monroe Warehouse Clubs and Supercen D 4.7
DreamPak, LLC New Berlin Water, flavored, manufacturi D 4.7
Aurora At Home Corporate Milwaukee Home health agencies C 4.7
Treat All Metals Milwaukee Heat treating metals and met D 4.7
6458-ZEGL Eagle River Local Messengers and Local D C 4.7
Shefchik Builders Menomonie Commercial building construc D 4.7
Muskego Muskego Refuse D 4.7
Frontline Building Products Inc Medford Louver windows, metal, manuf D 4.7
Spooner Clinic Spooner Family physicians' offices ( D 4.7
Dfa-Kmp - Cedarburg Wi Cedarburg FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING D 4.7
Anodyne LLC Milwaukee Footwear merchant wholesaler F 4.7
Wm 6436 Onalaska - D 4.7
Prop Shaft Supply, Inc Elkhorn Car seals, metal, manufactur D 4.7
Kolbe & Kolbe - Manawa Manawa Windows and window frames, v D 4.7
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What Wisconsin's safety record means for you

Wisconsin averages a TCR of 5.3 - about 2.0× the ~2.7 national private-sector norm. A state average hides wide employer-by-employer variation.

State averages use the credible-subset mean across reporting establishments; they are statistical summaries, not regulatory assessments.

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.