Dry milk manufacturing · South Dakota

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Freeman)

Name: Associated Milk Producers Inc (Freeman) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Freeman, SD · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Freeman) runs at 181% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dry milk manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Freeman): 6.0 TCR = 181% of Dry milk manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Freeman) safety composite

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Freeman) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.0

2016→2018

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Freeman) injury rate improved

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Freeman)'s TCR fell 7.0 from 9.8 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.8 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311514 · Freeman, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 181% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK P23
PHOTO Kerry Inc
BOOK 3y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kerry Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Associated Milk Producers Inc (Freeman) averages 6.0 TCR (181% of the Dry milk manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Freeman) TCR series: 2016=9.8 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Associated Milk Producers Inc (Freeman) falls in its industry

185 Dry milk manufacturing establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Freeman) (35 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Freeman) has fewer employees than the Dry milk manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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	Illnesses
2018	2.9	0.0	0	1
2017	5.2	2.6	2	0
2016	9.8	2.5	3	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311514 · SD · Freeman

185 Dry milk manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 9 employers in Freeman, SD · 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	Kerry Inc	VESPER, WI	6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lynn Protein's, Inc.	GRANTON, WI	6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CoreFX Ingredients	ORANGEVILLE, IL	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kraft Heinz Albany, MN	ALBANY, MN	5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lidel Construction	SIOUX FALLS	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Glanbia Nutritionals Sioux Falls	SIOUX FALLS	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BCI Sioux Falls, SD	SIOUX FALLS	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CRM Plant 307	BELLINGHAM	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Freeman Regional Health Services	Freeman	159 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vermeer Corporation	Freeman	97 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vermeer Freeman Manufacturing	Freeman	94 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vermeer Corporation - Freeman	Freeman	87 FTE
NAT-TCR	Compassionate Care Hospice of Camp Hill	Camp Hill, PA	6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pyramid Paving and Contracting Co.	Bay City, MI	6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Genesis Senior Living Aledo	Aledo, IL	6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lost Coast Brewery	Eureka, CA	6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Buffalo Feeders, LLC	Buffalo, OK	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MTI Polyexe, Inc	Brentwood, NH	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Caterpillar VSI EP	East Peoria, IL	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Main Yard	New Iberia, LA	35 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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