Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing · California
Bellwether Farms, LLC
Petaluma, CA · ~49 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bellwether Farms, LLC runs at 308% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Bellwether Farms, LLC: 10.2 TCR = 308% of Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bellwether Farms, LLC safety composite
Bellwether Farms, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% 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
−10.1
2022→2024
Bellwether Farms, LLC injury rate improved
Bellwether Farms, LLC's TCR fell 10.1 from 15.9 in 2022 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 15.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=15.9 · 2023=8.8 · 2024=5.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Petaluma, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 10.2 · 308% of ind
- DART 5.8 DART
- RANK #35/36
- PHOTO Lactalis USA
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~49 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lactalis USA (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bellwether Farms, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Old Europe Che
Old Europe Cheese, Inc.
10.3 TCR
- This site
Bellwether Farms, LLC
10.2 TCR
- Saputo Cheese_
Saputo Cheese_Lena
10.2 TCR
- Lactalis USA
Lactalis USA
10.1 TCR
- Wisconsin Chee
Wisconsin Cheese Group - Monticello Manufucturing & Packaging Facility
10.1 TCR
What this shows Bellwether Farms, LLC averages 10.2 TCR (308% of the Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Bellwether Farms, LLC TCR series: 2022=15.9 · 2023=8.8 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Bellwether Farms, LLC falls in its industry
377 Cheese, natural (except cottag establishmentsSafer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 36 Cheese, natural (except cottag employers in California.
Bellwether Farms, LLC has fewer employees than the Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · CA · Petaluma
377 Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 153 employers in Petaluma, CA · 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 | Lactalis USA | 10.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Saputo Cheese_Lena | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wisconsin Cheese Group - Monticello Manufucturing & Packaging Facility | 10.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Old Europe Cheese, Inc. | 10.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | LAJES FARMS INC | 49 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sunview Shandon | 49 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rawah-Napa County | 49 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Central Farms | 49 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 136 | 2,891 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 470 | 2,891 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 169 | 2,859 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Solairus Aviation | 1,400 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | SRCV-Haven LLC, dba Desert Haven Care Center | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tucson Police Department | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | King Kullen #14 | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | LAS001 | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mount Carmel Medical Group - New Albany | 49 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Konisto Companies, LLC. | 49 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 500-DREES-RALEIGH | 49 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Vision Enclosure Walls, Inc. | 49 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.