Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing · Wisconsin
Klondike Cheese Co.
Monroe, WI · ~219 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Klondike Cheese Co. runs at 228% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Klondike Cheese Co.: 7.5 TCR = 228% of Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Klondike Cheese Co. safety composite
Klondike Cheese Co. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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
Klondike Cheese Co.: 5.1 → 6.7 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 12.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2024
Klondike Cheese Co.'s TCR rose 1.6 from 5.1 in 2017 to 6.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Monroe, WI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 228% of ind
- DART 6.3 DART
- RANK #115/171
- PHOTO Saputo Cheese USA, I…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 114 inj
- SIZE ~219 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Klondike Cheese Co. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- BelGioioso Che
BelGioioso Cheese - Glenville
7.6 TCR
- Cellars at Jas
Cellars at Jasper Hill
7.6 TCR
- This site
Klondike Cheese Co.
7.5 TCR
- Saputo Cheese
Saputo Cheese USA, Inc.
7.5 TCR
- Whitehall Spec
Whitehall Specialties - Plant 2
7.5 TCR
What this shows Klondike Cheese Co. averages 7.5 TCR (228% of the Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Klondike Cheese Co. TCR series: 2017=5.1 · 2018=8 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=9.8 · 2021=12 · 2022=8.2 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=6.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Klondike Cheese Co. falls in its industry
377 Cheese, natural (except cottag establishmentsSafer than 27% 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 #115 safest of 171 Cheese, natural (except cottag employers in Wisconsin.
Klondike Cheese Co. has more employees than the Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), median and a higher 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 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12.0 | 9.6 | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Monroe
377 Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 43 employers in Monroe, 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 | Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Whitehall Specialties - Plant 2 | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BelGioioso Cheese - Glenville | 7.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cellars at Jasper Hill | 7.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Zenith Tech, Inc - Bridge/Road/Indust./Trans. | 219 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | VT Industries- Neenah | 219 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Menasha Corporation Headquarters | 219 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cardinal FG -Portage FG | 219 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CB Monroe | 966 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Monroe Clinic Hospital | 694 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SCDC Monroe | 625 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Monroe Truck Equipment | 465 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | CenterPoint Energy - Conroe | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | United Electric Supply - Jessup | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mayo Clinic Phoenix | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Penley Concrete Forming, Inc. | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Washington State Dept of Natural Resources - Pacific Cascade Region | 219 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hartford-Saint Francis Collaborative Lab Services | 219 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BRD/PDF | 219 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Great Lakes Petroleum Co. | 219 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.