Yogurt (except frozen) manufacturing · Michigan

General Mills Reed City Plant

Reed City, MI · ~383 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

General Mills Reed City Plant runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Yogurt (except frozen) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

General Mills Reed City Plant: 1.5 TCR = 45% of Yogurt (except frozen) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

General Mills Reed City Plant safety composite

General Mills Reed City Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

General Mills Reed City Plant held a steady TCR band

General Mills Reed City Plant's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.7 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.7 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311511 · Reed City, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #4/14
  • PHOTO Chobani-New Berlin
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~383 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chobani-New Berlin (0.0 TCR gap)

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General Mills Reed City Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows General Mills Reed City Plant averages 1.5 TCR (45% of the Yogurt (except frozen) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

General Mills Reed City Plant TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where General Mills Reed City Plant falls in its industry

457 Yogurt (except frozen) manufac establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 14 Yogurt (except frozen) manufac employers in Michigan.

General Mills Reed City Plant (383 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate General Mills Reed City Plant
General Mills Reed City Plant (383 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5

General Mills Reed City Plant has more employees than the Yogurt (except frozen) manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2018 1.6 1.1 6 0 0
2017 1.2 0.7 5 0 0
2016 1.7 1.4 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311511 · MI · Reed City

457 Yogurt (except frozen) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 32 employers in Reed City, MI · 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 Chobani-New Berlin 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Daisy Brand, LLC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saputo Cheese USA 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR K054-M001 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE L&W Engineering/Autokiniton 383 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2434 383 FTE
STATE-SIZE TROY CUSTOMER CARE CTR_1455776 383 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kelly Services 383 FTE
CITY-NEAR Utility Supply & Construction Company - ALL 1,113 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Hydaker-Wheatlake Company 821 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hydaker-Wheatlake - Michigan Statewide 432 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Mills Yoplait Reed City 413 FTE
NAT-TCR D B Construction Services Inc 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR National Oilwell Varco Galena Park 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sayreville Power Plant 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Walworth Coutny 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Linde - Bridgewater HQ 383 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Francisco Yard 383 FTE
NAT-SIZE HealthTrust Supply Chain - CSC Warehouse 383 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harris Davis Rebar, LLC 383 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.