Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing · Ohio

Arps Dairy Inc

Name: Arps Dairy Inc Workplace Safety Data
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Defiance, OH · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Arps Dairy Inc runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Arps Dairy Inc: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Arps Dairy Inc safety composite

Arps Dairy Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Arps Dairy Inc: 0.0 → 441.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 441.0 TCR · DART/TCR 203.23× in 2023

Arps Dairy Inc's TCR rose 441.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 441.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 203.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311511 · Defiance, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

DART 441.0 DART
RANK #3/20
PHOTO DFA FLUID - CITY OF …
BOOK 3y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DFA FLUID - CITY OF INDUSTRY-NORTH (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Arps Dairy Inc averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Arps Dairy Inc TCR series: 2017=0 · 2019=4.3 · 2023=441 · BLS 3.3

Where Arps Dairy Inc falls in its industry

457 Milk processing (e.g., bottlin establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 20 Milk processing (e.g., bottlin employers in Ohio.

Arps Dairy Inc (30 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Arps Dairy Inc has fewer employees than the Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogen median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2023	441.0	441.0	4
2019	4.3	4.3	1
2017	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311511 · OH · Defiance

457 Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 65 employers in Defiance, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	DFA FLUID - CITY OF INDUSTRY-NORTH	CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DFA FLUID - DALLAS TX	DALLAS, TX	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	80745-MILK PLANT-HOU	HOUSTON, TX	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LOS-Spartanburg	SPARTANBURG, SC	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Tuente Farms Inc	YORKSHIRE	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Farm 3	WEST MANSFIELD	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Trillium Farms Layer 6	HARPSTER	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Canton Hatchery	CANTON	30 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Campbell Soup Supply Company, LLC	Defiance	1,425 FTE
CITY-NEAR	General Motors LLC.	Defiance	734 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Defiance 8	Defiance	437 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Defiance Regional Medical Center	Defiance	363 FTE
NAT-TCR	Valensa	Eustis, FL	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hydration Source LLC #30	Dallas, TX	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	OMi. Crane Systems Inc.	Royse City, TX	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Abbey Rehabilitation and Nursing Center	St. Petersburg, FL	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Image Diagnostics, Inc.	Fitchburg, MA	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Operations Services, Inc.	Yorkville, IL	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hancock Gourmet Lobster Company	Topsham, ME	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Quikrete - Syr	Marcellus, NY	30 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: 2023, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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