Milk production, dairy cattle · Michigan

Applegate Dairy LLC

Grand Rapids, MI · ~71 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Applegate Dairy LLC runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Milk production, dairy cattle workplace, earning a grade B.

Applegate Dairy LLC: 2.5 TCR = 56% of Milk production, dairy cattle BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Applegate Dairy LLC safety composite

Applegate Dairy LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−5.9

2022→2024

Applegate Dairy LLC injury rate improved

Applegate Dairy LLC's TCR fell 5.9 from 5.9 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.9 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112120 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 56% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/15
  • PHOTO Mammoser Farms
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mammoser Farms (0.0 TCR gap)

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Applegate Dairy LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Applegate Dairy LLC averages 2.5 TCR (56% of the Milk production, dairy cattle BLS benchmark).

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

Applegate Dairy LLC TCR series: 2022=5.9 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Applegate Dairy LLC falls in its industry

530 Milk production, dairy cattle establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 15 Milk production, dairy cattle employers in Michigan.

Applegate Dairy LLC (71 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 Applegate Dairy LLC
Applegate Dairy LLC (71 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Applegate Dairy LLC has more employees than the Milk production, dairy cattle median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.7 0.0 2 0 0
2022 5.9 3.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112120 · MI · Grand Rapids

530 Milk production, dairy cattle employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, MI · 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 Mammoser Farms 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR GTA Dairy dba GTA Calf Ranch & George Atsma Dairy (Cattle Ranch) 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Frontier Dairy, LLC 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lakin Dairy LLP 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE FCC Construction Inc. 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Weiss Construction Co., LLC 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE IHRone 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE KALIN CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR Pine Crest Health Care 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sonesta Atlanta Northwest 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR More Consulting Corp. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR FS - Alexian Village TN 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Belle Plaine Senior High 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Janus Developmental Services, Inc. 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metalcraft of Mayville Horicon 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlas Sign Industries - Texas 71 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.