Food-processing machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Colorado
Dairy Engineering Company
Arvada, CO · ~48 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Dairy Engineering Company runs at 321% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food-processing machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Dairy Engineering Company: 7.1 TCR = 321% of Food-processing machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Dairy Engineering Company safety composite
Dairy Engineering Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Dairy Engineering Company: 3.7 → 11.7 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 11.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.38× in 2024
Dairy Engineering Company's TCR rose 7.9 from 3.7 in 2019 to 11.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423830 · Arvada, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 321% of ind
- DART 9.7 DART
- RANK #14/15
- PHOTO Tri-Lift NC Greensboro
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~48 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Tri-Lift NC Greensboro (0.0 TCR gap)
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Dairy Engineering Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Dairy Engineering Company
7.1 TCR
- Tri-Lift NC Gr
Tri-Lift NC Greensboro
7.1 TCR
- Barclay Brand
Barclay Brand Corporation DBA Barclay Brand Ferdon
7 TCR
- Post Holdings
Post Holdings
7 TCR
- Gosiger Machin
Gosiger Machine Tools, LLC, Indianapolis, IN
7 TCR
What this shows Dairy Engineering Company averages 7.1 TCR (321% of the Food-processing machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Dairy Engineering Company TCR series: 2019=3.7 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=11.7 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=11.7 · BLS 2.2
Where Dairy Engineering Company falls in its industry
911 Food-processing machinery and establishmentsSafer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 15 Food-processing machinery and employers in Colorado.
Dairy Engineering Company has more employees than the Food-processing machinery and equipment median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 | 11.7 | 9.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.8 | 1.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423830 · CO · Arvada
911 Food-processing machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 129 employers in Arvada, CO · 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 | Tri-Lift NC Greensboro | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Barclay Brand Corporation DBA Barclay Brand Ferdon | 7.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Post Holdings | 7.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gosiger Machine Tools, LLC, Indianapolis, IN | 7.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Farm Technology Corporation Fram | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rangely Field Office | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Summit Operations Center | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brighton | 48 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sundyne LLC | 360 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WANCO, Inc. | 308 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lumin8 Transportation Technologies, LLC. | 298 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LivaNova | 276 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hannula Landscaping and Irrigation, Inc. | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sun Valley Hauling | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Meadowlark Botanical Gardens | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park: Golden Valley | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Shippensburg Pump Company Inc | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Flex Cell Precision, Inc. | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Signode Industrial Group Plastic Packaging | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Runnings of Lockport | 48 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.