Cheese merchant wholesalers · Wisconsin
Great Lakes Cheese of Wausau, Wisconsin, Inc.
Wausau, WI · ~376 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Great Lakes Cheese of Wausau, Wisconsin, Inc. runs at 209% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cheese merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Great Lakes Cheese of Wausau, Wisconsin, Inc.: 4.6 TCR = 209% of Cheese merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Great Lakes Cheese of Wausau, Wisconsin, Inc. safety composite
Great Lakes Cheese of Wausau, Wisconsin, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% 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).
64/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 71% 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
−1.9
2016→2024
Great Lakes Cheese of Wausau, Wisconsin, Inc. injury rate improved
Great Lakes Cheese of Wausau, Wisconsin, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.9 from 4.5 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.5 · 2017=3.0 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=13.1 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=2.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424430 · Wausau, WI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 4.6 · 209% of ind
- DART 1.5 DART
- RANK #9/20
- PHOTO Meadow Gold Billings…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 98 inj
- SIZE ~376 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Meadow Gold Billings - Billings - Sugar Ave (0.0 TCR gap)
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Great Lakes Cheese of Wausau, Wisconsin, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Great Lakes Cheese of Wausau, Wisconsin, Inc.
4.6 TCR
- Meadow Gold Bi
Meadow Gold Billings - Billings - Sugar Ave
4.6 TCR
- DFA DISTRIBUTI
DFA DISTRIBUTING SOUTH - CHATANOOGA TN
4.6 TCR
- Hiland Dairy F
Hiland Dairy Foods, LLC - OKC
4.6 TCR
- DFA DISTRIBUTI
DFA DISTRIBUTING WEST - HOUSTON TX
4.6 TCR
What this shows Great Lakes Cheese of Wausau, Wisconsin, Inc. averages 4.6 TCR (209% of the Cheese merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Great Lakes Cheese of Wausau, Wisconsin, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=3 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=13.1 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 2.2
Where Great Lakes Cheese of Wausau, Wisconsin, Inc. falls in its industry
231 Cheese merchant wholesalers establishmentsSafer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 20 Cheese merchant wholesalers employers in Wisconsin.
Great Lakes Cheese of Wausau, Wisconsin, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424430 · WI · Wausau
231 Cheese merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 153 employers in Wausau, 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 | Meadow Gold Billings - Billings - Sugar Ave | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DFA DISTRIBUTING SOUTH - CHATANOOGA TN | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hiland Dairy Foods, LLC - OKC | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DFA DISTRIBUTING WEST - HOUSTON TX | 4.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 1176 | 376 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 1515 | 376 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ardagh Glass Inc Burlington | 377 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Master Lock Company | 375 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Aspirus Wausau Hospital | 2,551 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Aspirus Inc | 1,055 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Aspirus Clinic Inc. | 931 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co., Inc. | 900 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Todt Hill | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pacific Electrical Contractors Klamath Falls | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jamestown Container Corporation, Cattaraugus Container Division | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cobalt Cattle Company LLC - Kismet | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Kei-Ai Los Angeles Healthcare Center | 376 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Saputo Cheese (Las Cruces) | 376 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HVA - Central | 376 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pace Runners Inc | 376 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.