Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI)
Lancaster, WI · ~64 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI) runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI): 3.9 TCR = 119% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI) safety composite
Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% 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
Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI): 3.3 → 4.5 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.15× in 2024
Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI)'s TCR rose 1.2 from 3.3 in 2021 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Lancaster, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 119% of ind
- DART 4.5 DART
- RANK #52/171
- PHOTO Land O' Lakes - Melr…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~64 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Land O' Lakes - Melrose (0.0 TCR gap)
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Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Leprino Foods
Leprino Foods Company Tracy, CA
4 TCR
- This site
Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI)
3.9 TCR
- Land O' Lakes
Land O' Lakes - Melrose
3.9 TCR
- Great Lakes Ch
Great Lakes Cheese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inc.
3.9 TCR
- Hilbert
Hilbert
3.9 TCR
What this shows Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI) averages 3.9 TCR (119% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI) TCR series: 2021=3.3 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI) falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 63% 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 #52 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.
Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI) 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Lancaster
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 18 employers in Lancaster, 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 | Land O' Lakes - Melrose | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Leprino Foods Company Tracy, CA | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Great Lakes Cheese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inc. | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hilbert | 3.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Tomah, WI Receiving Station | 64 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Van's Lumber & Custom Builders INc. | 64 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PDC Facilities Inc. | 64 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pretec Directional Drilling, LLC | 64 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bemis North America - Lancaster | 188 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SKYLINE CORPORATION | 133 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Southwest Opportunities Center | 91 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LANCASTER HEALTH SERVICES | 82 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Mount Pleasant Waterworks Main | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HB Home Services | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Coppertail Brewing Co. LLC | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Main Office | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Leck Waste Services - Ivyland | 64 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MEO Family Center (#01) | 64 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Altium Packaging - Santa Ana | 64 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amara Cay Resort | 64 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.