cheese manufacturer · Wisconsin

Cedar Grove Cheese Inc

Plain, WI · ~31 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cedar Grove Cheese Inc runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical cheese manufacturer workplace, earning a grade B.

Cedar Grove Cheese Inc: 2.5 TCR = 77% of cheese manufacturer BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cedar Grove Cheese Inc safety composite

Cedar Grove Cheese Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−3.8

2017→2024

Cedar Grove Cheese Inc injury rate improved

Cedar Grove Cheese Inc's TCR fell 3.8 from 6.3 in 2017 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.3 · 2018=3.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Plain, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 77% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #21/171
  • PHOTO Slippery Rock
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Slippery Rock (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cedar Grove Cheese Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Cedar Grove Cheese Inc averages 2.5 TCR (77% of the cheese manufacturer BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Cedar Grove Cheese Inc TCR series: 2017=6.3 · 2018=3.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Cedar Grove Cheese Inc falls in its industry

377 cheese manufacturer establishments

Safer than 81% 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 #21 safest of 171 cheese manufacturer employers in Wisconsin.

Cedar Grove Cheese Inc (31 employees, TCR 2.5) 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 Cedar Grove Cheese Inc
Cedar Grove Cheese Inc (31 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Cedar Grove Cheese Inc has fewer employees than the cheese manufacturer 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 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2017 6.3 3.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · WI · Plain

377 cheese manufacturer employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 10 employers in Plain, 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 Slippery Rock 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Glanbia Twin Falls Cheese Plant 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gehl Foods, LLC. - Main Street 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crystal Farms RDC 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Agri-Tech/Grain 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redtail Ridge Dairy, LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Van Ansem Farms Inc 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE WI 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraemer Brothers 231 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Kraemer Company 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraemer North America - All Other WI 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraemer North America - WI All Others 95 FTE
NAT-TCR Public Library 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Wilson Fertilizer, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR International Falls Clinic 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Brown Printing 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rocklin Grocery Outlet 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cosmos, MN 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orange County Winwater Works Co. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Custom Drilling Services, Inc. 31 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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