Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Foremost Farms USA (Appleton, WI)
Appleton, WI · ~169 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Foremost Farms USA (Appleton, WI) runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Foremost Farms USA (Appleton, WI): 3.0 TCR = 91% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Foremost Farms USA (Appleton, WI) safety composite
Foremost Farms USA (Appleton, WI) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% 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).
72/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 76% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.55 per 100 workers
Safer than 83% 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
−2.4
2021→2024
Foremost Farms USA (Appleton, WI) injury rate improved
Foremost Farms USA (Appleton, WI)'s TCR fell 2.4 from 3.5 in 2021 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=3.5 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=5.0 · 2024=1.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Appleton, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 91% of ind
- DART 0.6 DART
- RANK #28/171
- PHOTO Zumbrota, MN
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~169 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Zumbrota, MN (0.0 TCR gap)
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Foremost Farms USA (Appleton, WI) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Foremost Farms USA (Appleton, WI)
3 TCR
- Zumbrota, MN
Zumbrota, MN
3 TCR
- Saputo Paige
Saputo Paige
3 TCR
- Biery Cheese C
Biery Cheese Company Plover
3 TCR
- Ingredients -
Ingredients - DC - Cheese- Chili WI
3 TCR
What this shows Foremost Farms USA (Appleton, WI) averages 3.0 TCR (91% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Foremost Farms USA (Appleton, WI) TCR series: 2021=3.5 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=5 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Foremost Farms USA (Appleton, WI) falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 76% 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 #28 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.
Foremost Farms USA (Appleton, WI) 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 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Appleton
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 356 employers in Appleton, 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 | Zumbrota, MN | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Saputo Paige | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Biery Cheese Company Plover | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ingredients - DC - Cheese- Chili WI | 3.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Heartland Farms, Incorporated | 169 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AFP Clear Lake | 169 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wisconsin Paperboard Grief (former Caraustar Industries, Inc. | 169 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Suttle-Straus | 169 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ThedaCare Regional Medical Center Appleton | 1,649 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton | 1,563 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northern Operations | 1,321 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fox Valley Technical College (WI) | 1,279 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Snap On Tools | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Southern Illinois Power Cooperative | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Adrian Steel Company | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CG Automation & Fixture INC | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel | 169 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PYCO Industries Inc. | 169 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Complete Care at Chestnut Hill | 169 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Standard Textile, Thomaston | 169 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.