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
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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).

F

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

TCR

What this shows Burnett Dairy Cooperative averages 5.0 TCR (151% 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

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) establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

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 (226 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 Burnett Dairy Cooperative
Burnett Dairy Cooperative (226 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

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 →

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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.