Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Missouri
DDN Plant
Clinton, MO · ~253 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
DDN Plant runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
DDN Plant: 3.2 TCR = 98% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
DDN Plant safety composite
DDN Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% 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).
69/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% 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
−3.7
2016→2024
DDN Plant injury rate improved
DDN Plant's TCR fell 3.7 from 4.5 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.5 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=0.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Clinton, MO AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 98% of ind
- DART 0.9 DART
- RANK #8/9
- PHOTO Berner Foods - Dakota
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 31 inj
- SIZE ~253 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Berner Foods - Dakota (0.0 TCR gap)
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DDN Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Saputo Cheese
Saputo Cheese Newman
3.3 TCR
- This site
DDN Plant
3.2 TCR
- Berner Foods -
Berner Foods - Dakota
3.2 TCR
- Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon
3.2 TCR
- Dixon Cheese &
Dixon Cheese & Pudding
3.2 TCR
What this shows DDN Plant averages 3.2 TCR (98% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
DDN Plant TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 3.3
Where DDN Plant falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Missouri.
DDN Plant has more 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 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · MO · Clinton
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 36 employers in Clinton, MO · 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 | Berner Foods - Dakota | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Saputo Cheese Newman | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mount Vernon | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dixon Cheese & Pudding | 3.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kansas City Sausage Company | 253 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Polytainers, Inc. - Lees Summit | 253 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Honeywell Intelligrated | 253 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CARDINAL SCALE / DETECTO | 253 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Second Street Branch | 339 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wal-Mart Branch | 339 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ohio Street Branch | 339 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Four Seasons | 316 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | US Ecology Idaho | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Blue Ridge Fiberboard Inc. | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 100 Lafayette | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rome - 12 | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Allied Mechanical Services, Inc. | 253 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wichita Plant | 253 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | KYTC District 9 | 253 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Medilodge of Sterling Heights | 253 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.