Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Kiel Dairy Foods Plant
Kiel, WI · ~106 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kiel Dairy Foods Plant runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Kiel Dairy Foods Plant: 3.4 TCR = 104% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kiel Dairy Foods Plant safety composite
Kiel Dairy Foods Plant scores strongest on dart rate (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).
68/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 69% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% 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
−4.8
2016→2018
Kiel Dairy Foods Plant injury rate improved
Kiel Dairy Foods Plant's TCR fell 4.8 from 5.7 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.7 · 2017=3.7 · 2018=0.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Kiel, WI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 104% of ind
- DART 0.9 DART
- RANK #40/171
- PHOTO Imperia Foods
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~106 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Imperia Foods (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kiel Dairy Foods Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Ingredients -
Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN
3.5 TCR
- This site
Kiel Dairy Foods Plant
3.4 TCR
- Imperia Foods
Imperia Foods
3.4 TCR
- Kraft Heinz Fo
Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau
3.4 TCR
- Schuman Cheese
Schuman Cheese Elgin
3.4 TCR
What this shows Kiel Dairy Foods Plant averages 3.4 TCR (104% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Kiel Dairy Foods Plant TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=3.7 · 2018=0.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Kiel Dairy Foods Plant falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.
Kiel Dairy Foods Plant has fewer employees than the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufactu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Kiel
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 15 employers in Kiel, 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 | Imperia Foods | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Schuman Cheese Elgin | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CL&D Digital LLC | 106 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Diversey / U S Chemical | 106 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GACO-WI (BP) | 106 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MetalTek International - WI Investcast | 106 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Manufacturing : Kiel | 579 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amerequip Kiel | 267 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kiel, WI Plant | 259 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vollrath Company LLC, Kiel | 222 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | ACS_DULUTH_MN | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Atlanta Breakbulk | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trenton Mercer Co Airport | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Spring Lake Rehabilitation Center | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ModRoto Madison, IN | 106 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Logistics Company - Benning TMP | 106 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 7 | 106 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Evergreen Home Healthcare-Fort Collins | 106 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.