Processed cheeses manufacturing · Wisconsin

Hillsboro

Hillsboro, WI · ~71 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hillsboro runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Processed cheeses manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Hillsboro: 2.1 TCR = 65% of Processed cheeses manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hillsboro safety composite

Hillsboro scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

Hillsboro: 1.5 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.88× in 2024

Hillsboro's TCR rose 0.4 from 1.5 in 2022 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Hillsboro, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 65% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #16/171
  • PHOTO Castelli America, LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Castelli America, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hillsboro in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hillsboro averages 2.1 TCR (65% of the Processed cheeses manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Hillsboro TCR series: 2022=1.5 · 2023=3 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Hillsboro falls in its industry

377 Processed cheeses manufacturin establishments

Safer than 85% 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 #16 safest of 171 Processed cheeses manufacturin employers in Wisconsin.

Hillsboro (71 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 Hillsboro
Hillsboro (71 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Hillsboro has fewer employees than the Processed cheeses manufacturing median and a lower 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 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2023 3.0 3.0 2 0 0
2022 1.5 1.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · WI · Hillsboro

377 Processed cheeses manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 8 employers in Hillsboro, 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 Castelli America, LLC 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schreiber Foods Inc. - Carthage 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leprino Foods Company - Greeley, CO 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saputo Cheese_Paige 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Renk Seed Company 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Integrated Process Engineers & Constructors, Inc. 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Samuels Group, Inc. 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rural Masonry Co Inc 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whitehall Specialties - Plant 3 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR METCO 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Land O'Lakes - Hillsboro 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milestone Senior Living-Hillsboro 36 FTE
NAT-TCR Sweeper Metal Fabricators, Corp. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 5149 Mcdonough Idc East 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Plug Power Latham 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6639 Garden Grove 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Essential Logistics Corporation 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lloyd Industries 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Olney 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE LRS - Wauconda 71 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. 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.