Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Illinois

Dixon Cheese & Pudding

Dixon, IL · ~153 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dixon Cheese & Pudding runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Dixon Cheese & Pudding: 3.2 TCR = 97% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dixon Cheese & Pudding safety composite

Dixon Cheese & Pudding scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−4.1

2022→2023

Dixon Cheese & Pudding injury rate improved

Dixon Cheese & Pudding's TCR fell 4.1 from 5.2 in 2022 to 1.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.2 · 2023=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Dixon, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 97% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #3/8
  • PHOTO Mount Vernon
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mount Vernon (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dixon Cheese & Pudding in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dixon Cheese & Pudding averages 3.2 TCR (97% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dixon Cheese & Pudding TCR series: 2022=5.2 · 2023=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Dixon Cheese & Pudding falls in its industry

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 8 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Illinois.

Dixon Cheese & Pudding (153 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 Dixon Cheese & Pudding
Dixon Cheese & Pudding (153 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Dixon Cheese & Pudding 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
2023 1.2 1.2 2 0 0
2022 5.2 5.2 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · IL · Dixon

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 50 employers in Dixon, IL · 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 Mount Vernon 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR DDN Plant 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Berner Foods - Dakota 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Upstate Farms Cheese, LLC 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Adjustable Concrete 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE 48130011-FREEMAN EXPO CHICAGO CHICAGO 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Climate Pros Glendale Heights 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phelps Industries LLC 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital 701 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raynor Garage Doors 541 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5399 333 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5399 327 FTE
NAT-TCR Eventworks-ATL 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Apex Home Health 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR office 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR TRU 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Day Brook Village Nursing Center 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE VELCO 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main facility -BCI Burke Co. 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Case Paper Co, Inc 153 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.