Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin

Grande Rubicon

Rubicon, WI · ~52 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Grande Rubicon runs at 181% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Grande Rubicon: 6.0 TCR = 181% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Grande Rubicon safety composite

Grande Rubicon scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−8.3

2016→2024

Grande Rubicon injury rate improved

Grande Rubicon's TCR fell 8.3 from 15.3 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 15.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.3 · 2017=13.4 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=6.0 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Rubicon, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 181% of ind

  • DART 7.0 DART
  • RANK #96/171
  • PHOTO BelGioioso Cheese - …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BelGioioso Cheese - Sherwood (0.0 TCR gap)

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Grande Rubicon in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Grande Rubicon averages 6.0 TCR (181% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Grande Rubicon TCR series: 2016=15.3 · 2017=13.4 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=6 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=7 · BLS 3.3

Where Grande Rubicon falls in its industry

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #96 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.

Grande Rubicon (52 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Grande Rubicon
Grande Rubicon (52 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Grande Rubicon has fewer 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 7.0 7.0 4 0 0
2023 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2022 6.0 6.0 3 0 0
2021 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2020 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2019 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2018 3.9 3.9 2 0 0
2017 13.4 11.5 7 0 0
2016 15.3 10.2 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · WI · Rubicon

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 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 BelGioioso Cheese - Sherwood 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Gardener Cheese Co. 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR White Hill Cheese 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BelGioioso Cheese - Campbell 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE ABS Dekorra 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Milk Source, LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenfire Management Services, LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hoffman Planning, Design & Construction Inc 52 FTE
NAT-TCR Ground Effects, LLC - San Antonio 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Fresh Market 232 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR R+L Carriers - OAK 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR R+L Carriers - NEO 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Greenridge Place 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prevost - Goodlettsville, TN 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rinchem Company - CSC 16 Hillsboro 52 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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