Cheese merchant wholesalers · Texas
Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene
Abilene, TX · ~171 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene runs at 192% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene: 4.2 TCR = 192% of Cheese merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene safety composite
Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 70% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% 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
−0.8
2022→2024
Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene injury rate improved
Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene's TCR fell 0.8 from 4.9 in 2022 to 4.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=4.9 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=4.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424430 · Abilene, TX ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 192% of ind
- DART 3.8 DART
- RANK #9/23
- PHOTO Truvant Boscobel South
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 23 inj
- SIZE ~171 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Truvant Boscobel South (0.0 TCR gap)
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Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Truvant Boscob
Truvant Boscobel South
4.3 TCR
- DFA DISTRIBUTI
DFA DISTRIBUTING NORTH - ELWOOD IN
4.3 TCR
- Meadow Gold Ha
Meadow Gold Hawaii - Kahului
4.3 TCR
- This site
Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene
4.2 TCR
- DFA DISTRIBUTI
DFA DISTRIBUTING WEST - LAS VEGAS NV
4.2 TCR
What this shows Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene averages 4.2 TCR (192% of the Cheese merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene TCR series: 2022=4.9 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 2.2
Where Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene falls in its industry
231 Cheese merchant wholesalers establishmentsSafer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 23 Cheese merchant wholesalers employers in Texas.
Great Lakes Cheese - Abilene has more employees than the Cheese merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424430 · TX · Abilene
231 Cheese merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 238 employers in Abilene, TX · 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 | Truvant Boscobel South | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DFA DISTRIBUTING WEST - LAS VEGAS NV | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DFA DISTRIBUTING NORTH - ELWOOD IN | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Meadow Gold Hawaii - Kahului | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | AUSTIN TX SC | 171 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Balfour Beatty NEWPPP | 171 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Weisinger Incorporated | 171 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Performance Contractors, Inc. - Exxon Beaumont | 171 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HENDRICK MEDICAL CENTER | 3,025 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hendrick Medical Center South | 777 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lauren Engineers & Constructors, Inc. | 588 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Abilene CCD | 573 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Polk Medical Center, Inc. | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Renaissance Marquis | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oficina Administrativa | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | OJ Insulation | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Alma Nelson Manor | 171 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Asphalt Paving | 171 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Beverage Air Corporation | 171 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Marriott Hartford Downtown | 171 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.