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Wisconsin workplace safety

How 12,835 OSHA-reporting employers across Wisconsin compare on workplace injuries, 2016–2024. Average TCR uses the 11,761 establishments with a credible rate (see methodology).

12,835
Employers
5.3
Avg TCR (rated)
254,546
Injuries (all)
145
Fatalities (all)

TCR, interpreted

Far above average

5.3 avg TCR

Wisconsin vs all states by OSHA-reporting employer count

Where this state's ITA establishment inventory sits among every tracked state and territory (coverage signal, not a safety ranking)

12,835 12th of 54 higher than 42 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by OSHA ITA reporting employer count

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Source official public datasets · 2026

The state picture

Wisconsin's 11,761 rated 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 · rated subset
11,761
rated employers
12,835
all reporting employers
254,546
recordable injuries (all)

Inventory counts and injury/fatality totals cover all 12,835 ITA establishments; the average TCR excludes zero-rate and corrupt-hours filings. See Methodology → Three Populations.

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 rated-subset injury rate alone, Wisconsin is #30 of 54. Ranked instead by fatalities per rated employer establishment (same 11,761-employer subset), it's #15 of 54, a 15-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 on the same population 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. The published state average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 5.3 injuries per 100 full-time workers uses the 11,761 establishments with a credible rate (zero-rate and corrupt-hours filings stay in the inventory counts above but are excluded from the average, see methodology).

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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EmployerCityIndustryGradeAvg TCR
1007Richland CenterWarehouse Clubs and SupercenD5.2
8167FranklinWarehouse Clubs and SupercenD5.2
ACI OshkoshOshkoshCoating metals and metal proD5.2
Chandler Exhibits, Inc. Hudson, WIHudsonArchitectural woodwork and fD5.2
XDS HoldingsNeenahInfrared ovens, industrial, D5.2
Sauk Prairie Healthcare - Hospital CampusPrairie Du SacGeneral medical and surgicalB5.2
Faulks Bros. Construction, Inc.WaupacaLimestone (except bituminousF5.2
Beloit Health and Rehabilitation CenterBeloitNursing homesB5.2
Wimil104 Ascension Se Wi - St Joseph CampusMilwaukeeGeneral Medical and SurgicalB5.2
Bethany St Joseph Care CenterLa CrosseHealth Care - Temporary ServD5.2
Newark Paperboard ProductsOshkoshBobbins, fiber, made from puD5.2
1020 - Middleton Wi WhseMiddletonWarehouse clubs (i.e., food D5.2
Azura Memory Care of WausauWausauAssisted-living facilities wD5.2
Spectrum Aluminum FinishingMuskegoAnodizing metals and metal pD5.2
Interstate Blood and Plasma - Madison (Anderson), WIMadisonPlasmapheresis centersD5.2
Foremost Farms USA (Reedsburg, WI)ReedsburgButter manufacturingD5.2
Helwig Carbon Products, Inc.MilwaukeeBrush blocks, carbon or moldD5.2
Radisson - La CrosseLa CrosseHotels (except casino hotelsD5.2
Aurora Medical Center Two RiversTwo RiversGeneral medical and surgicalB5.2
2532BeloitWarehouse Clubs and SupercenD5.2
Rennes Health & Rehab Center-EastPeshtigoSkilled nursing facilitiesB5.2
Breakthru Beverage Eau ClaireEau ClaireAlcoholic beverages, wine anF5.2
Service Motor Company SeymourSeymourFarm machinery and equipmentF5.2
Metcalfe's Market- HilldaleMadisonGrocery storesD5.2
Wildwood Family Clinic S.C.MadisonMDs' (medical doctors, excepD5.2
Cumberland Healthcare-HospitalCumberlandHospitals, general medical aB5.2
1246 - Sturgeon BaySturgeon BayDiscount Department StoresD5.2
Refractory Service IncJacksonFoundry machinery and equipmF5.2
Lake Country DairyTurtle LakeCheese (except cottage cheesD5.2
Cedar Lake Health & Rehabilitation CenterWest BendSkilled nursing facilitiesB5.2
Bill's Distributing, LTDMenomonieAlcoholic beverages, wine anF5.2
Woodman's Food Market Kenosha 27KenoshaGrocery storesD5.2
Topcon Positiong Systems-Fort Atkinson, WIFort AtkinsonScales, including laboratoryD5.2
Auburndale Feed MillAuburndaleAlfalfa meal, dehydrated, maD5.2
Good Shepherd Nursing HomeSeymourNursing homesB5.2
Bellin Health Systems-1000Green BayGeneral Medical and SurgicalB5.2
Appleton 22AppletonGrocery storesD5.2
Graetz Mfg IncPoundMachine shopsD5.2
1060 - Madison WestMadisonDiscount Department StoresD5.2
6641_15347Waukesha-D5.2
Azura KenoshaKenoshaAssisted Living Facilities fD5.2
534-00382New BerlinSupermarkets and Other GroceD5.2
Kay Beer Distributing IncDe PereFermented malt beverages merF5.2
MAG Buick GMCMonroeAutomobile dealers, new onlyD5.2
Park StreetPort WashingtonClosures, metal, stampingD5.2
Marvel Manufacturing Company, Inc.OshkoshMetal casting machinery and D5.2
Environment Control of WI, Inc.MadisonBuilding cleaning services, C5.2
Gordy's Neillsville Foods, Inc.NeillsvilleCommissaries, primarily grocD5.2
Trulite Glass and Aluminum SolutionsNew BerlinInsulating glass, sealed uniD5.2
APP PRO of Appleton, Inc.AppletonHotels (except casino hotelsD5.2
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Nationwide states with similar injury rates or employer scale

Two PlainSafetyScore-derived peer sets for Wisconsin: nearest states and territories by rated-subset average Total Case Rate and by OSHA-reporting employer inventory. These are cross-state neighborhoods, not the employer list above.

Similar average TCR

Nearest states by rated-subset Total Case Rate (5.3 here).

Similar employer inventory

Nearest states by reporting employer count (12,835 here).

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore

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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.