Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin

Foremost Farms - Marshfield

Name: Foremost Farms - Marshfield Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Marshfield, WI · ~59 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Foremost Farms - Marshfield runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Foremost Farms - Marshfield: 3.8 TCR = 115% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Foremost Farms - Marshfield safety composite

Foremost Farms - Marshfield scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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%).

Foremost Farms - Marshfield held a steady TCR band

Foremost Farms - Marshfield's TCR held near 0.1 from 3.2 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.2 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Marshfield, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 115% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #45/171
PHOTO BOONEVILLE
BOOK 5y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BOONEVILLE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kiel

3.9
This site

3.8
BOONEVILLE

3.8
Mullins Cheese

3.8
Marathon Chees

3.8

What this shows Foremost Farms - Marshfield averages 3.8 TCR (115% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Foremost Farms - Marshfield TCR series: 2016=3.2 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Foremost Farms - Marshfield falls in its industry

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.

Foremost Farms - Marshfield (59 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Foremost Farms - Marshfield has fewer 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
2020	3.1	1.5	1	1
2019	6.5	6.5	4	0
2018	4.8	4.8	3	0
2017	1.5	1.5	1	0
2016	3.2	1.6	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · WI · Marshfield

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 94 employers in Marshfield, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	BOONEVILLE	MARATHON, WI	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mullins Cheese INC #2	MARSHFIELD, WI	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Marathon Cheese Booneville	BOONEVILLE, MS	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kiel	KIEL, WI	3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Insight FS - Antigo	ANTIGO	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Burlington Service Center	BURLINGTON	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Northland Buildings Inc	EAU CLAIRE	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NCC Fond du Lac	FOND DU LAC	59 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Roehl Transport Inc	Marshfield	2,465 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MMC- Marshfield	Marshfield	1,604 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Roehl Refrigerated Transport	Marshfield	1,085 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Masonite-Marshfield	Marshfield	436 FTE
NAT-TCR	FAR Research, Inc. (dba FAR Chemical, Inc.)	Palm Bay, FL	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tradebe Environmental Services - Millington Facility	Millington, TN	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Angelica - San Fernando	Los Angeles, CA	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cancer & Eye Centers - Easley	Easley, SC	3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Anthem Kipling Management, LLC	Littleton, CO	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TranSource Raleigh	Raleigh, NC	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Save A Lot #198	East Ridge, TN	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TES - Goodlettsville Operations	Goodlettsville, TN	59 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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