Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Minnesota

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing)

Paynesville, MN · ~80 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing) runs at 333% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing): 11.0 TCR = 333% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing) safety composite

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−10.5

2017→2018

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing) injury rate improved

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing)'s TCR fell 10.5 from 16.2 in 2017 to 5.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.2 · 2018=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Paynesville, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.0 · 333% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #23/24
  • PHOTO Ellsworth Cooperativ…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery-Menomonie (0.1 TCR gap)

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Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing) averages 11.0 TCR (333% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing) TCR series: 2017=16.2 · 2018=5.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing) falls in its industry

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 24 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Minnesota.

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing) (80 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing)
Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing) (80 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing) has fewer employees than the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufactu 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
2018 5.7 2.3 4 1 0
2017 16.2 5.0 10 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · MN · Paynesville

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 23 employers in Paynesville, 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 Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery-Menomonie 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2358_4306 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Biazzo 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hollands Family Cheese, LLC 10.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wadena 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wysan Precast 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Enclos Corp. 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lakeville 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR CentraCare Health Paynesville, Hospital, Clinic, PT, Lab, Business Office 252 FTE
CITY-NEAR CentraCare Health-Paynesville 236 FTE
CITY-NEAR CentraCare Paynesville 227 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley Industries, LLP 125 FTE
NAT-TCR Luxe City Center 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Grass Valley (Cagva) 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0019 0514 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 529 Sherman, Tx 11.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Hearth at Drexel 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Xerium / Stowe Woodward GA 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aurora (West Highway 34) 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4818-48180053-1128 N. Farm Rd. 123-Wc 80 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.