Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing · Minnesota
Agropur-Le Sueur Cheese Company
Le Sueur, MN · ~171 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Agropur-Le Sueur Cheese Company runs at 204% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Agropur-Le Sueur Cheese Company: 6.7 TCR = 204% of Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Agropur-Le Sueur Cheese Company safety composite
Agropur-Le Sueur Cheese Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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
Agropur-Le Sueur Cheese Company: 6.2 → 8.8 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.96× in 2022
Agropur-Le Sueur Cheese Company's TCR rose 2.6 from 6.2 in 2018 to 8.8 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Le Sueur, MN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 204% of ind
- DART 6.5 DART
- RANK #13/24
- PHOTO Lactalis American Gr…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 56 inj
- SIZE ~171 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lactalis American Group Inc. - Belmont (0.0 TCR gap)
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Agropur-Le Sueur Cheese Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Rothenbuhler C
Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc.
6.8 TCR
- This site
Agropur-Le Sueur Cheese Company
6.7 TCR
- Lactalis Ameri
Lactalis American Group Inc. - Belmont
6.7 TCR
- Agropur Lake N
Agropur Lake Norden
6.7 TCR
- Grande Juda
Grande Juda
6.7 TCR
What this shows Agropur-Le Sueur Cheese Company averages 6.7 TCR (204% of the Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Agropur-Le Sueur Cheese Company TCR series: 2018=6.2 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=8.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Agropur-Le Sueur Cheese Company falls in its industry
377 Curds, cheese, made in a chees establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 24 Curds, cheese, made in a chees employers in Minnesota.
Agropur-Le Sueur Cheese Company has more employees than the Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.8 | 6.5 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.1 | 4.0 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.8 | 1.7 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · MN · Le Sueur
377 Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 15 employers in Le Sueur, MN · 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 | Lactalis American Group Inc. - Belmont | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Agropur Lake Norden | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Grande Juda | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc. | 6.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 19 Boswell | 171 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Trex Commercial Products | 171 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BROOKLYN PARK MN - 3333 | 171 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MAPLE GROVE MN - 3137 | 171 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cambria Plant | 548 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Le Sueur | 382 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Agropur Inc. - Le Sueur Cheese | 172 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ridgeview Le Sueur Medical Center | 132 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Allied Omaha Oil & Tire | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Witherspoon Rose Culture | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hilltop Ranch | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amthor International | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | St. Ann's Home | 171 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Meadowood Retirement Community | 171 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dyer Nursing & Rehab | 171 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hospital District #6 of Harper County, Kansas | 171 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.