Boxed beef made from purchased carcasses · Wisconsin

Cargill Protein Butler

Name: Cargill Protein Butler Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Butler, WI · ~508 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Cargill Protein Butler runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Boxed beef made from purchased carcasses workplace, earning a grade C.

Cargill Protein Butler: 3.2 TCR = 98% of Boxed beef made from purchased carcasses BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cargill Protein Butler safety composite

Cargill Protein Butler scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

Cargill Protein Butler held a steady TCR band

Cargill Protein Butler's TCR held near 0.1 from 3.2 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.2 · 2017=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · Butler, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 98% of ind

DART 2.7 DART
RANK #22/52
PHOTO Cher-Make Sausage Co
BOOK 2y book
INJ 28 inj
SIZE ~508 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cher-Make Sausage Co (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbia Plant

3.3
This site

3.2
Cher-Make Saus

3.2
Omaha Steaks S

3.2
Buckheadmeat a

3.2

What this shows Cargill Protein Butler averages 3.2 TCR (98% of the Boxed beef made from purchased carcasses BLS benchmark).

Cargill Protein Butler TCR series: 2016=3.2 · 2017=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Cargill Protein Butler falls in its industry

613 Boxed beef made from purchased establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 52 Boxed beef made from purchased employers in Wisconsin.

Cargill Protein Butler (508 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Cargill Protein Butler has more employees than the Boxed beef made from purchased carcasses median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2017	3.3	2.7	15	3	0
2016	3.2	2.5	13	5	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · WI · Butler

613 Boxed beef made from purchased carcasses employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 33 employers in Butler, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Cher-Make Sausage Co	MANITOWOC, WI	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Omaha Steaks Snyder	SNYDER, NE	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Columbia Plant	COLUMBIA, SC	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Buckheadmeat and Seafood of Houston	HOUSTON, TX	3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Salm Partners	DENMARK	508 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CNH_Racine_Plant	STURTEVANT	508 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lakeview Medical Center	RICE LAKE	508 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nestle Nutrition USA, Eau Claire	EAU CLAIRE	509 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Grinds - Butler WI	Butler	433 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Butler, WI Plant	Butler	432 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WSEL - Butler	Butler	243 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Butler	Butler	243 FTE
NAT-TCR	Crystal Transportation Services dba Guardian Logistics Solutions	Raleigh, NC	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bekaertdeslee USA Inc Winston Salem, Nc	Winston Salem, NC	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Miles Laredo (Txldo)	Laredo, TX	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	030-Kansas City	Kansas City, MI	3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	JFSNA at ExxonMobil Baytown Complex	Baytown, TX	508 FTE
NAT-SIZE	8790 Socal Framing	Indio, CA	508 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hudick Excavating, Inc.	Castle Rock, CO	508 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Star Tribune Media Holdings, Old Startribune Holding Bldg	Minneapolis, MN	508 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.