Cheese merchant wholesalers · Tennessee
Great Lakes Cheese of Tennessee, Inc.
Manchester, TN · ~361 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Great Lakes Cheese of Tennessee, Inc. runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Great Lakes Cheese of Tennessee, Inc.: 3.0 TCR = 135% of Cheese merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Great Lakes Cheese of Tennessee, Inc. safety composite
Great Lakes Cheese of Tennessee, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
65/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% 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
Great Lakes Cheese of Tennessee, Inc.: 1.0 → 3.9 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.88× in 2021
Great Lakes Cheese of Tennessee, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.9 from 1.0 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424430 · Manchester, TN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 3.0 · 135% of ind
- DART 2.6 DART
- RANK #4/11
- PHOTO DFA DISTRIBUTING WES…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 60 inj
- SIZE ~361 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: DFA DISTRIBUTING WEST - CITY OF INDUSTRY CA-SOUTH (0.0 TCR gap)
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Great Lakes Cheese of Tennessee, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Meadow Gold Gr
Meadow Gold Grand Junction - Grand Junction
3.1 TCR
- This site
Great Lakes Cheese of Tennessee, Inc.
3 TCR
- DFA DISTRIBUTI
DFA DISTRIBUTING WEST - CITY OF INDUSTRY CA-SOUTH
3 TCR
- Bowling Green
Bowling Green Branch
3 TCR
- South-Hiland D
South-Hiland Dairy
2.8 TCR
What this shows Great Lakes Cheese of Tennessee, Inc. averages 3.0 TCR (135% of the Cheese merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Great Lakes Cheese of Tennessee, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=3.3 · 2021=3.9 · BLS 2.2
Where Great Lakes Cheese of Tennessee, Inc. falls in its industry
231 Cheese merchant wholesalers establishmentsSafer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 11 Cheese merchant wholesalers employers in Tennessee.
Great Lakes Cheese of Tennessee, Inc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424430 · TN · Manchester
231 Cheese merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 43 employers in Manchester, TN · 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 | DFA DISTRIBUTING WEST - CITY OF INDUSTRY CA-SOUTH | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bowling Green Branch | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Meadow Gold Grand Junction - Grand Junction | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | South-Hiland Dairy | 2.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | SRG Global, Inc. Ripley | 361 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 671 | 361 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MEMPHIS TERMINAL | 361 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tristar Northcrest Medical Center | 361 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Manchester / Smyrna | 971 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Viam Manufacturing, Inc. | 523 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc. - Manchester | 475 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Manchester Mfg. Plant | 356 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Wesco Aircraft - Ave Scott | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | JK Moving & Storage of Maryland | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | V&S Midwest Carriers Corp. | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Essendant: Tampa FE | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (213-H3C) | 361 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Millennium Mat- 910 | 361 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Missouri Star Quilt Company | 361 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1124 - Wheaton Md Whse | 361 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.