Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing · Wisconsin
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery
Ellsworth, WI · ~174 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery runs at 233% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery: 7.7 TCR = 233% of Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery safety composite
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% 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%).
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery held a steady TCR band
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery's TCR held near 0.2 from 6.1 in 2018 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=6.1 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=11.7 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=10.5 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=5.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Ellsworth, WI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 233% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #121/171
- PHOTO Ornua Ingredients No…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 57 inj
- SIZE ~174 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ornua Ingredients North America (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery
7.7 TCR
- Ornua Ingredie
Ornua Ingredients North America
7.7 TCR
- RIZO-LOPEZ FOO
RIZO-LOPEZ FOODS INC
7.7 TCR
- Glenmore
Glenmore
7.7 TCR
- Meister Cheese
Meister Cheese Company LLC
7.7 TCR
What this shows Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery averages 7.7 TCR (233% of the Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery TCR series: 2018=6.1 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=11.7 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=10.5 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery falls in its industry
377 Curds, cheese, made in a chees establishmentsSafer than 25% 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 #121 safest of 171 Curds, cheese, made in a chees employers in Wisconsin.
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery has more employees than the Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, m 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 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.7 | 5.2 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.2 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.1 | 0.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Ellsworth
377 Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 11 employers in Ellsworth, 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 | Ornua Ingredients North America | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RIZO-LOPEZ FOODS INC | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Glenmore | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Meister Cheese Company LLC | 7.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Lemberg Electric - Main Office | 174 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 3050 WALKER DR | 174 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lincoln Wood Products | 174 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Qure Medical - Sturtevant | 174 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Plummer Concrete | 68 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ellsworth Health Services | 59 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nil9Ventures, Inc | 55 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Atrium Post Acute Care of Ellsworth | 55 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Dearborn Sales Branch | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | GBF | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sander's Markets Corry | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ABC Plumbing, Sewer, Heating, Cooling & Electric | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ranger Plant Constructional | 174 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Winamac Coil Spring, Inc. | 174 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MCE Corporation | 174 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Layton Facility | 174 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.