Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing · South Dakota
Bel Brands USA
Brookings, SD · ~263 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bel Brands USA runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Bel Brands USA: 3.7 TCR = 111% of Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bel Brands USA safety composite
Bel Brands USA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 66% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Bel Brands USA: 3.5 → 3.9 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2024
Bel Brands USA's TCR rose 0.5 from 3.5 in 2019 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Brookings, SD ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 111% of ind
- DART 2.4 DART
- RANK #3/10
- PHOTO BREWSTER CHEESE COMP…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 48 inj
- SIZE ~263 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: BREWSTER CHEESE COMPANY (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bel Brands USA in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Bel Brands USA
3.7 TCR
- BREWSTER CHEES
BREWSTER CHEESE COMPANY
3.7 TCR
- Rizo Lopez Foo
Rizo Lopez Foods Inc.
3.7 TCR
- Agropur Jerome
Agropur Jerome
3.7 TCR
- Agropur Inc. -
Agropur Inc. - Le Sueur Cheese
3.7 TCR
What this shows Bel Brands USA averages 3.7 TCR (111% of the Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Bel Brands USA TCR series: 2019=3.5 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Bel Brands USA falls in its industry
377 Cheese, natural (except cottag establishmentsSafer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 10 Cheese, natural (except cottag employers in South Dakota.
Bel Brands USA has more employees than the Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), median and a lower 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 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · SD · Brookings
377 Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 59 employers in Brookings, SD · 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 | BREWSTER CHEESE COMPANY | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rizo Lopez Foods Inc. | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Agropur Jerome | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Agropur Inc. - Le Sueur Cheese | 3.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Marmen Energy Brandon | 262 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Good Samaritan Society - Sioux Falls Village | 264 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SD Cimpl's | 265 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Applied Technology | 265 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SD01-DAKT-SOUTH DAKOTA BROOKINGS | 1,406 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Brookings | 1,154 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1538 | 379 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Larson Mfg. LLC | 378 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 2366 - NE Polk County | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PFS - C.Creek/NC | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1324 - Mayfield Heights | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1168 - Highland Park | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 1903 - Warrenville | 263 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1025 - Elk Grove | 263 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Doral Corporation | 263 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lake Charles | 263 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.