Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Crystal Farms
Lake Mills, WI · ~113 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Crystal Farms runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Crystal Farms: 4.3 TCR = 129% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Crystal Farms safety composite
Crystal Farms scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% 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).
56/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.22 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% 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%).
Crystal Farms held a steady TCR band
Crystal Farms's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.1 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=3.1 · 2018=2.1 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=7.0 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=3.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Lake Mills, WI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 129% of ind
- DART 2.2 DART
- RANK #59/171
- PHOTO Cedar Valley Cheese
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~113 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cedar Valley Cheese (0.0 TCR gap)
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Crystal Farms in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Crystal Farms
4.3 TCR
- Cedar Valley C
Cedar Valley Cheese
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 Crystal Farms averages 4.3 TCR (129% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Crystal Farms TCR series: 2017=3.1 · 2018=2.1 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=7 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=3 · BLS 3.3
Where Crystal Farms falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 59% 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 #59 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.
Crystal Farms 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Lake Mills
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 20 employers in Lake Mills, 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 | Cedar Valley Cheese | 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 | Sergenian's Floor Coverings, Inc. | 113 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mondi Akrosil | 113 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | US WI Menomonee Falls Plant | 113 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hartford (formerly Polyfirst Packaging, Inc.) | 113 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Seljan Company | 132 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Creekwood | 120 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HammerHead Trenchless | 113 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Horizon Manufacturing Group | 98 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Umbro & Sons Construction | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 5001 Wholesale South Gateway Tire Co Inc | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Florida Stevedoring | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CAAP Co., Inc | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | The Blake at Colonial Club | 113 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Day Program | 113 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | International Paper | 113 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kinden Corporation | 113 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.