Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Cedar Valley Cheese
Belgium, WI · ~66 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cedar Valley Cheese runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Cedar Valley Cheese: 4.3 TCR = 129% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cedar Valley Cheese safety composite
Cedar Valley Cheese scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% 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).
60/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 70% 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
−3.5
2016→2024
Cedar Valley Cheese injury rate improved
Cedar Valley Cheese's TCR fell 3.5 from 6.3 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=6.3 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=3.0 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=8.5 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=2.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Belgium, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 129% of ind
- DART 1.4 DART
- RANK #60/171
- PHOTO Crystal Farms
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 25 inj
- SIZE ~66 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Crystal Farms (0.0 TCR gap)
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Cedar Valley Cheese in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Cedar Valley Cheese
4.3 TCR
- Crystal Farms
Crystal Farms
4.3 TCR
- Whitehall East
Whitehall East
4.3 TCR
- Laubscher Chee
Laubscher Cheese Company
4.3 TCR
- Great Lakes Ch
Great Lakes Cheese, Seymour, Inc.
4.2 TCR
What this shows Cedar Valley Cheese averages 4.3 TCR (129% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Cedar Valley Cheese TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=3 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=8.5 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=3 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Cedar Valley Cheese falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 58% 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 #60 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.
Cedar Valley Cheese has fewer employees than the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufactu 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 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.5 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Belgium
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 4 employers in Belgium, 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 | Crystal Farms | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Great Lakes Cheese, Seymour, Inc. | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Whitehall East | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Laubscher Cheese Company | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Okray Family Farms, Inc | 66 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tidy View Dairy, LLC | 66 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wysocki Produce Farm - Paramount Ag | 66 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 3757_10365 | 66 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lakeside Foods Inc | 123 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nate's Lawn Maintenance, Inc. | 39 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sharon Cutwell Co | 32 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | GL 7113 USS Triton | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | GL 7122 USS Pearl Harbor | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Knapheide Truck Equipment Co Midsouth | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Branson Lakes | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Lowes Foods #155 | 66 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bopp-Busch Manufacturing Company - Plant 2 | 66 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Romulus Division | 66 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings | 66 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.