Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Grande Brownsville
Brownsville, WI · ~262 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Grande Brownsville runs at 197% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Grande Brownsville: 6.5 TCR = 197% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Grande Brownsville safety composite
Grande Brownsville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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
Grande Brownsville: 2.6 → 4.2 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 10.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2024
Grande Brownsville's TCR rose 1.6 from 2.6 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Brownsville, WI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 197% of ind
- DART 2.8 DART
- RANK #105/171
- PHOTO Imperia Foods, Fairf…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 122 inj
- SIZE ~262 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Imperia Foods, Fairfield (0.0 TCR gap)
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Grande Brownsville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Grande Juda
Grande Juda
6.7 TCR
- Agropur Lake N
Agropur Lake Norden
6.7 TCR
- This site
Grande Brownsville
6.5 TCR
- Imperia Foods,
Imperia Foods, Fairfield
6.5 TCR
- Los Altos Plan
Los Altos Plant
6.5 TCR
What this shows Grande Brownsville averages 6.5 TCR (197% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Grande Brownsville TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=6.6 · 2018=10 · 2019=6.8 · 2020=6 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=9.6 · 2023=5 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Grande Brownsville falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 34% 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 #105 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.
Grande Brownsville has more employees than the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufactu median and a higher 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 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.6 | 4.2 | 17 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.6 | 2.6 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Brownsville
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 20 employers in Brownsville, 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 | Imperia Foods, Fairfield | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Los Altos Plant | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Grande Juda | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Agropur Lake Norden | 6.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Baker Cheese Factory, Inc | 262 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Trachte Building Systems Inc. | 262 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Komtasu - National Ave | 262 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ACS Group | 262 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Michels Corporation-WI-Brownsville | 654 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Michels Pipeline Inc-WI-Brownsville | 609 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Michels Fleet- WI- B | 387 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Michels Fleet- Brownsville | 320 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Clear Solutions Inc | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | RUS Industries Inc. | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gulf Coast Air Systems Inc | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | South Chicago Packing LLC | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | R+L Carriers - KAN | 262 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Shelton | 262 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lockheed Martin Corporation Hill AFB (1471) | 262 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Houston Operations | 262 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.