Cheese Manufacturing · Minnesota
Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN
Zumbrota, MN · ~163 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cheese Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN: 3.5 TCR = 105% of Cheese Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN safety composite
Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).
56/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 69% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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
Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN: 2.8 → 4.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 4.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2024
Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN's TCR rose 1.2 from 2.8 in 2022 to 4.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Zumbrota, MN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 105% of ind
- DART 2.9 DART
- RANK #5/24
- PHOTO Kraft Heinz Foods Wa…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~163 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN
3.5 TCR
- Kraft Heinz -T
Kraft Heinz -Tulare CA
3.5 TCR
- Kraft Heinz Fo
Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau
3.4 TCR
- Imperia Foods
Imperia Foods
3.4 TCR
- Kiel Dairy Foo
Kiel Dairy Foods Plant
3.4 TCR
What this shows Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN averages 3.5 TCR (105% of the Cheese Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN TCR series: 2022=2.8 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN falls in its industry
377 Cheese Manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 24 Cheese Manufacturing employers in Minnesota.
Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN has more employees than the Cheese 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 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · MN · Zumbrota
377 Cheese Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 22 employers in Zumbrota, MN · 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 | Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Imperia Foods | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kiel Dairy Foods Plant | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kraft Heinz -Tulare CA | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Frattalone Companies, Inc | 163 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | 163 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Food Packaging : MOORHEAD | 163 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Food Merchandising : MOORHEAD | 163 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Zumbrota, MN | 143 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Zumbrota Health Services | 89 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Zumbrota Drivetrain | 75 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | High School | 69 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Reggio Magnet School of the Arts | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | J&S Logistics LLC | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1248 Yonkers | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Horne Heating and Air Conditioning | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | West Bend Operations | 163 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wellmore of Lexington | 163 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Asimpa LLC | 163 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel | 163 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.