Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Burnett Dairy Cooperative
Grantsburg, WI · ~226 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Burnett Dairy Cooperative runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Burnett Dairy Cooperative: 5.0 TCR = 151% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Burnett Dairy Cooperative safety composite
Burnett Dairy Cooperative scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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
−1.5
2016→2024
Burnett Dairy Cooperative injury rate improved
Burnett Dairy Cooperative's TCR fell 1.5 from 6.3 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=6.3 · 2017=5.4 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=4.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Grantsburg, WI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 151% of ind
- DART 3.6 DART
- RANK #78/171
- PHOTO Cady Cheese, LLC
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 88 inj
- SIZE ~226 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cady Cheese, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Burnett Dairy Cooperative in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Burnett Dairy Cooperative
5 TCR
- Cady Cheese, L
Cady Cheese, LLC
5 TCR
- Glanbia Goodin
Glanbia Gooding Cheese Plant
5 TCR
- MEDFORD
MEDFORD
5 TCR
- Empire Cheese
Empire Cheese Inc.
4.9 TCR
What this shows Burnett Dairy Cooperative averages 5.0 TCR (151% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Burnett Dairy Cooperative TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2017=5.4 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Burnett Dairy Cooperative falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #78 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.
Burnett Dairy Cooperative has more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Grantsburg
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 6 employers in Grantsburg, WI · 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 | Cady Cheese, LLC | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Glanbia Gooding Cheese Plant | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Empire Cheese Inc. | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MEDFORD | 5.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Nature's Path USA II LLC | 226 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ocean Spray Cranberries | 226 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MILWAUKEE, WI | 226 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Husco - Whitewater | 226 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fluid Connectors : Grantsburg | 197 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Burnett Medical Center | 191 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ELECTRIC | 36 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | K-Wood Truss Rafters, Inc. | 30 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Soleil Management - Nevada | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Construction | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Orlando FL Yard | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | jacksonville terminal | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Plantation Nursing & Rehabilitation Center | 226 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mid America Transplant | 226 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Community Ambulance | 226 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eden Prairie | 226 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.