Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau
Wausau, WI · ~220 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau: 3.4 TCR = 104% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau safety composite
Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau 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 3.44 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%).
Rising injury rate
Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau: 2.9 → 4.0 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 4.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.26× in 2019
Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau's TCR rose 1.1 from 2.9 in 2018 to 4.0 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Wausau, WI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 104% of ind
- DART 0.9 DART
- RANK #41/171
- PHOTO Imperia Foods
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~220 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Imperia Foods (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau 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
Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau
3.4 TCR
- Imperia Foods
Imperia Foods
3.4 TCR
- Kiel Dairy Foo
Kiel Dairy Foods Plant
3.4 TCR
- Schuman Cheese
Schuman Cheese Elgin
3.4 TCR
What this shows Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau averages 3.4 TCR (104% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau TCR series: 2018=2.9 · 2019=4 · BLS 3.3
Where Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau 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 #41 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.
Kraft Heinz Foods Wausau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Wausau
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 153 employers in Wausau, 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 | Kiel Dairy Foods Plant | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Schuman Cheese Elgin | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BelGioioso Cheese - Ledgeview | 220 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Plant 2 | 220 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WCP Stewart Ave | 220 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GEA Process Engineering Inc. | 220 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Aspirus Wausau Hospital | 2,551 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Aspirus Inc | 1,055 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Aspirus Clinic Inc. | 931 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co., Inc. | 900 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | FWDC | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | P199 | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | New River Energetics | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1305 Walnut Street Corp | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sealed Air Corporation (Rogers) | 220 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corp Office Support | 220 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc | 220 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corporate | 220 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.