Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery-Menomonie
Menomonie, WI · ~93 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery-Menomonie runs at 336% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery-Menomonie: 11.1 TCR = 336% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery-Menomonie safety composite
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery-Menomonie scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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 11.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery-Menomonie: 9.4 → 12.8 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 12.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.9× in 2024
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery-Menomonie's TCR rose 3.4 from 9.4 in 2023 to 12.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Menomonie, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.1 · 336% of ind
- DART 10.0 DART
- RANK #160/171
- PHOTO Associated Milk Prod…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~93 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing) (0.1 TCR gap)
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Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery-Menomonie in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Biazzo
Biazzo
11.4 TCR
- 2358_4306
2358_4306
11.3 TCR
- This site
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery-Menomonie
11.1 TCR
- Associated Mil
Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing)
11 TCR
- Hollands Famil
Hollands Family Cheese, LLC
10.6 TCR
What this shows Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery-Menomonie averages 11.1 TCR (336% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery-Menomonie TCR series: 2023=9.4 · 2024=12.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery-Menomonie falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 7% 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 #160 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery-Menomonie has fewer employees than the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufactu 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 | 12.8 | 10.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Menomonie
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 78 employers in Menomonie, 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 | Associated Milk Producers Inc (Paynesville Cheese Manufacturing) | 11.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2358_4306 | 11.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Biazzo | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hollands Family Cheese, LLC | 10.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | The Boldt Company - Stevens Point, WI | 93 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PBBS Equipment Corporation - Corporate | 93 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gene Frederickson Trucking Inc | 93 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GLK Foods, LLC | 93 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6025 | 912 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 6025 | 869 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Menomonie | 690 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Phillips-Medisize, LLC - Phillips Medical | 653 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | RSC- Rising Star Casino | 11.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mitchell Sd - 3515 | 11.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Txluf - Lufkin | 11.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rogue Community Health - Dental - Royal | 11.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Cascade AIDS Project | 93 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | JAAM Electric | 93 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Duda Cable Construction Inc. | 93 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Scotia Village | 93 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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