Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Kraft Heinz Beaver Dam
Beaver Dam, WI · ~231 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kraft Heinz Beaver Dam runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Kraft Heinz Beaver Dam: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kraft Heinz Beaver Dam safety composite
Kraft Heinz Beaver Dam scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% 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).
75/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 84% 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
−2.3
2016→2023
Kraft Heinz Beaver Dam injury rate improved
Kraft Heinz Beaver Dam's TCR fell 2.3 from 3.3 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.3 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=2.7 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=1.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Beaver Dam, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind
- DART 0.3 DART
- RANK #20/171
- PHOTO Ingredients - Cheese…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 33 inj
- SIZE ~231 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ingredients - Cheese - New Wilmington PA (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kraft Heinz Beaver Dam in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Kraft Heinz Beaver Dam
2.5 TCR
- Ingredients -
Ingredients - Cheese - New Wilmington PA
2.5 TCR
- Slippery Rock
Slippery Rock
2.5 TCR
- Glanbia Twin F
Glanbia Twin Falls Cheese Plant
2.5 TCR
- Foremost Farms
Foremost Farms - Lancaster
2.4 TCR
What this shows Kraft Heinz Beaver Dam averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Kraft Heinz Beaver Dam TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=2.7 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=1 · BLS 3.3
Where Kraft Heinz Beaver Dam falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 82% 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 #20 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.
Kraft Heinz Beaver Dam has more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Beaver Dam
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 59 employers in Beaver Dam, 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 | Ingredients - Cheese - New Wilmington PA | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Foremost Farms - Lancaster | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Slippery Rock | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Glanbia Twin Falls Cheese Plant | 2.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | VJS Construction Services | 231 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kraemer Brothers | 231 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JVL | 231 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Manitowoc Tool & Manufacturing, LLC | 231 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 7039 | 660 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 7039 | 645 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MMC- Beaver Dam | 615 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BDCH | 602 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | International Wire - Hamilton Products | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bison Bag Company, INC | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Raybro Electric Supplies (Pc5617) | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wurth Wood Group Tampa | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Reinauer Transportation Company | 231 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Elkhart in Plant | 231 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Commerce Park | 231 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Maryville | 231 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.