Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Foremost Farms USA (Richland Center, WI)
Richland Center, WI · ~131 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Foremost Farms USA (Richland Center, WI) runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Foremost Farms USA (Richland Center, WI): 1.8 TCR = 54% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Foremost Farms USA (Richland Center, WI) safety composite
Foremost Farms USA (Richland Center, WI) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 92% 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).
80/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 88% of industry peers
- DART rate
- A 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 92% 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
−1.6
2021→2024
Foremost Farms USA (Richland Center, WI) injury rate improved
Foremost Farms USA (Richland Center, WI)'s TCR fell 1.6 from 2.4 in 2021 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=2.4 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=0.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Richland Center, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 54% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #12/171
- PHOTO ID
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~131 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: ID (0.0 TCR gap)
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Foremost Farms USA (Richland Center, WI) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Foremost Farms USA (Richland Center, WI)
1.8 TCR
- ID
ID
1.8 TCR
- Lactalis USA -
Lactalis USA - Merrill WI
1.8 TCR
- 057-PL001
057-PL001
1.8 TCR
- Gamay Food Ing
Gamay Food Ingredients LLC
1.8 TCR
What this shows Foremost Farms USA (Richland Center, WI) averages 1.8 TCR (54% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Foremost Farms USA (Richland Center, WI) TCR series: 2021=2.4 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Foremost Farms USA (Richland Center, WI) falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 88% 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 #12 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.
Foremost Farms USA (Richland Center, 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 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Richland Center
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 29 employers in Richland Center, 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 | ID | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lactalis USA - Merrill WI | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 057-PL001 | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gamay Food Ingredients LLC | 1.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | The Kraemer Company | 131 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Riverside Foods, Inc. | 131 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oh Snap! Pickling Co., LLC | 131 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jim Falls | 131 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Richland Hospital | 350 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rockwell Automation- Richland Center WI (RCH) | 300 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1007 | 271 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1007 | 259 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Fountain Construction Company | 1.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Excab, Inc | 1.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Engineered Sales Inc. | 1.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 286 - Grand River Ave-Detroit | 1.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Lynchburg Care Center LLC | 131 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Ellison Institute | 131 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Fairfax City Hall | 131 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Burberry Vineland, NJ Warehouse | 131 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.