Processed cheeses manufacturing · Wisconsin

Dairyfood USA, Inc.

Blue Mounds, WI · ~139 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dairyfood USA, Inc. runs at 236% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Processed cheeses manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Dairyfood USA, Inc.: 7.8 TCR = 236% of Processed cheeses manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dairyfood USA, Inc. safety composite

Dairyfood USA, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−2.3

2019→2024

Dairyfood USA, Inc. injury rate improved

Dairyfood USA, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.3 from 7.7 in 2019 to 5.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=7.7 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=11.1 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=6.0 · 2024=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Blue Mounds, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 236% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #123/171
  • PHOTO Grande Wyocena
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 63 inj
  • SIZE ~139 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grande Wyocena (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dairyfood USA, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dairyfood USA, Inc. averages 7.8 TCR (236% of the Processed cheeses manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dairyfood USA, Inc. TCR series: 2019=7.7 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=11.1 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=6 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Dairyfood USA, Inc. falls in its industry

377 Processed cheeses manufacturin establishments

Safer than 24% 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 #123 safest of 171 Processed cheeses manufacturin employers in Wisconsin.

Dairyfood USA, Inc. (139 employees, TCR 7.8) 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 Dairyfood USA, Inc.
Dairyfood USA, Inc. (139 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Dairyfood USA, Inc. has more employees than the Processed cheeses manufacturing median and a higher 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 5.4 5.4 7 0 0
2023 6.0 6.0 8 0 0
2022 7.7 2.3 10 0 0
2021 11.1 5.9 15 0 0
2020 8.8 7.3 12 0 0
2019 7.7 4.2 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · WI · Blue Mounds

377 Processed cheeses manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 4 employers in Blue Mounds, 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 Grande Wyocena 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sugarcreek Factory 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schuman Cheese DBA Imperia Foods Inc. 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR La Quesera Mexicana 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Staff Electric Comany, Inc. 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE Current Electric Company 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coenen Mechanical, LLC 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE BrandSafway Industries LLC - Husky Superior Refinery - WI 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR JG Development 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cave of the Mounds 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Capital Steel Erectors, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-TCR Columbus Shop OH FXFE-CMHS 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Houston Shop TX FXFE-HOUS 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bergen Logistics--CA16012 Cerritos, CA 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bunyon Bros. Tree Care, Inc. 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Metro Paving Indirect 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE J & J Electric of Indiana, Inc 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Menasha Packaging Company-Minooka 2 139 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, 2020, 2019. 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.