Condensed, evaporated or powdered whey, manufacturing · Wisconsin

Foremost Farms USA (Sparta, WI)

Name: Foremost Farms USA (Sparta, WI) Workplace Safety Data
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Sparta, WI · ~48 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Foremost Farms USA (Sparta, WI) runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Condensed, evaporated or powdered whey, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Foremost Farms USA (Sparta, WI): 2.9 TCR = 88% of Condensed, evaporated or powdered whey, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Foremost Farms USA (Sparta, WI) safety composite

Foremost Farms USA (Sparta, WI) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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 USA (Sparta, WI) held a steady TCR band

Foremost Farms USA (Sparta, WI)'s TCR held near 0.1 from 2.3 in 2021 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.3 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311514 · Sparta, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #16/39
PHOTO Bay Valley Fooods
BOOK 4y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bay Valley Fooods (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Foremost Farms USA (Sparta, WI) averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Condensed, evaporated or powdered whey, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Foremost Farms USA (Sparta, WI) TCR series: 2021=2.3 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Foremost Farms USA (Sparta, WI) falls in its industry

185 Condensed, evaporated or powde establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 39 Condensed, evaporated or powde employers in Wisconsin.

Foremost Farms USA (Sparta, WI) (48 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Foremost Farms USA (Sparta, WI) has fewer employees than the Condensed, evaporated or powdered whey, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024	2.2	0.0	1
2023	2.2	0.0	1
2022	4.9	4.9	2
2021	2.3	2.3	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311514 · WI · Sparta

185 Condensed, evaporated or powdered whey, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 44 employers in Sparta, 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	Bay Valley Fooods	PECATONICA, IL	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Reynaldo's Mexican Food Company, LLC Dairy Plant	COMMERCE, CA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lynden Facility	LYNDEN, WA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fallon, NV	FALLON, NV	2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Spring Green	SPRING GREEN	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Select Sires Inc Westby	WESTBY	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Select Sires, Inc - Wisconsin	WESTBY	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Custer	CUSTER	48 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sparta Area School District	Sparta	587 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mathews Archery, Inc	Sparta	345 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Northern Engraving Corporation	Sparta	321 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Plant Four	Sparta	307 FTE
NAT-TCR	Mediacom Springfield	Springfield, MO	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Easthill Hotel Corp D/B/a Pod Hotel	New York, NY	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Seward Motor Freight, Inc.	Seward, NE	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sigvaris Holland	Holland, MI	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Case Farms Morganton Hatchery	Morganton, NC	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc	Ada, MI	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cabinet Restylers, Inc.	Ashland, OH	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Doubletree Suites by Hilton Columbus Downtown	Columbus, OH	48 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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