Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Missouri
Kraft Heinz Springfield
Springfield, MO · ~991 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kraft Heinz Springfield runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Kraft Heinz Springfield: 1.4 TCR = 44% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kraft Heinz Springfield safety composite
Kraft Heinz Springfield scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).
79/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.44 per 100 workers
Safer than 94% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% 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 Springfield: 1.4 → 2.0 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.39× in 2024
Kraft Heinz Springfield's TCR rose 0.6 from 1.4 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Springfield, MO AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 44% of ind
- DART 0.6 DART
- RANK #2/9
- PHOTO Leprino Foods, Allen…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 83 inj
- SIZE ~991 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Leprino Foods, Allendale (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kraft Heinz Springfield in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Mi Semago Corp
Mi Semago Corporation
1.5 TCR
- This site
Kraft Heinz Springfield
1.4 TCR
- Leprino Foods,
Leprino Foods, Allendale
1.4 TCR
- Lactalis Nampa
Lactalis Nampa
1.4 TCR
- Only/Main
Only/Main
1.4 TCR
What this shows Kraft Heinz Springfield averages 1.4 TCR (44% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Kraft Heinz Springfield TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=1 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=2 · BLS 3.3
Where Kraft Heinz Springfield falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 9 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Missouri.
Kraft Heinz Springfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · MO · Springfield
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 633 employers in Springfield, MO · 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 | Leprino Foods, Allendale | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lactalis Nampa | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mi Semago Corporation | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Only/Main | 1.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Atalian Global Services - Midwest | 992 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | General Mills Hannibal | 994 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | 988 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | 987 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MERCY HOSPITAL SPRINGFIELD | 4,885 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Prime, Inc. HQ | 3,091 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corp | 3,052 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bass Pro Corporate | 1,888 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Maui Waste Services | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sun Mechanical Contracting, Inc. | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Choctaw Defense Manufacturing LLC. | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Life's WORC | 991 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NGSP-E654 | 991 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pulido Farms Inc | 991 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Marathon Cheese Corporation | 991 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.