Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing · Wisconsin
Agropur - Little Chute
Appleton, WI · ~143 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Agropur - Little Chute runs at 238% 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 - Little Chute: 7.8 TCR = 238% of Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Agropur - Little Chute safety composite
Agropur - Little Chute scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% 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%).
TCR Δ
−3.7
2016→2024
Agropur - Little Chute injury rate improved
Agropur - Little Chute's TCR fell 3.7 from 9.1 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=9.1 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=10.4 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=9.7 · 2023=9.0 · 2024=5.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Appleton, WI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 238% of ind
- DART 3.8 DART
- RANK #126/171
- PHOTO Schuman Cheese DBA I…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 98 inj
- SIZE ~143 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Schuman Cheese DBA Imperia Foods Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Agropur - Little Chute in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Agropur - Little Chute
7.8 TCR
- Schuman Cheese
Schuman Cheese DBA Imperia Foods Inc.
7.8 TCR
- Grande Wyocena
Grande Wyocena
7.8 TCR
- Sugarcreek Fac
Sugarcreek Factory
7.8 TCR
- Dairyfood USA,
Dairyfood USA, Inc.
7.8 TCR
What this shows Agropur - Little Chute averages 7.8 TCR (238% of the Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Agropur - Little Chute TCR series: 2016=9.1 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=10.4 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=9.7 · 2023=9 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Agropur - Little Chute falls in its industry
377 Curds, cheese, made in a chees establishmentsSafer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #126 safest of 171 Curds, cheese, made in a chees employers in Wisconsin.
Agropur - Little Chute 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.8 | 5.3 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.4 | 8.6 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 9.1 | 7.8 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Appleton
377 Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 356 employers in Appleton, 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 | Schuman Cheese DBA Imperia Foods Inc. | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Grande Wyocena | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sugarcreek Factory | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dairyfood USA, Inc. | 7.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Tri-North Builders | 143 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CCI-HQ | 143 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Musson Brothers Inc | 143 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Zignego Company | 143 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ThedaCare Regional Medical Center Appleton | 1,649 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton | 1,563 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northern Operations | 1,321 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fox Valley Technical College (WI) | 1,279 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Palram Americas-P2000 | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | American Leather Operations, LLC | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bowne Electric, Inc. | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Farm 88 | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Corporate Office | 143 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Landmark Plastic Corporation - Akron Ohio Location | 143 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Allen Organ Company LLC | 143 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Heritage Freight Corporate Office | 143 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.