Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Great Lakes Cheese, Seymour, Inc.
SEYMOUR, WI · ~51 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Great Lakes Cheese, Seymour, Inc. runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate — more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace — earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.2
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 8
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Great Lakes Cheese, Seymour, Inc.'s OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 4 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024).
Injury rate over time
Great Lakes Cheese, Seymour, Inc.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 311513.
Great Lakes Cheese, Seymour, Inc. has an average TCR of 4.2, which is 128% of the industry average (3.3) for Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing. This is worse than average.
Safety Insights for Great Lakes Cheese, Seymour, Inc.
Great Lakes Cheese, Seymour, Inc. operates an establishment with approximately 51 full-time equivalent workers in SEYMOUR, WI, classified under the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing industry (NAICS 311513). Across 4 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 8 recordable injuries, 1 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 4.2 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the D letter grade (Poor Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.3 for Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing, Great Lakes Cheese, Seymour, Inc.'s workforce experiences 128% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 4 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Great Lakes Cheese, Seymour, Inc. as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Great Lakes Cheese, Seymour, Inc.'s own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311513 — Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2019)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 16,839 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Cheese, Seymour, Inc. (this establishment) | 4.23 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Processed cheeses manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311513 |
| Wisconsin state avg (all industries) | 4.92 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Great Lakes Cheese, Seymour, Inc. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2019: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 5 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
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