Cheese spreads manufacturing · Wisconsin

Lactalis USA - Merrill WI

Name: Lactalis USA - Merrill WI Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Merrill, WI · ~59 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lactalis USA - Merrill WI runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cheese spreads manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Lactalis USA - Merrill WI: 1.8 TCR = 53% of Cheese spreads manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lactalis USA - Merrill WI safety composite

Lactalis USA - Merrill WI scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 92% 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).

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers
DART rate: A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% 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

−3.5

2022→2023

Lactalis USA - Merrill WI injury rate improved

Lactalis USA - Merrill WI's TCR fell 3.5 from 3.5 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.5 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Merrill, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 53% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #11/171
PHOTO ID
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ID (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.8
ID

1.8
Foremost Farms

1.8
057-PL001

1.8
Ingredients -

1.7

What this shows Lactalis USA - Merrill WI averages 1.8 TCR (53% of the Cheese spreads manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Lactalis USA - Merrill WI TCR series: 2022=3.5 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Lactalis USA - Merrill WI falls in its industry

377 Cheese spreads manufacturing establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 171 Cheese spreads manufacturing employers in Wisconsin.

Lactalis USA - Merrill WI (59 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Lactalis USA - Merrill WI has fewer employees than the Cheese spreads manufacturing 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	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2022	3.5	0.0	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · WI · Merrill

377 Cheese spreads manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 49 employers in Merrill, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	ID	RUPERT, ID	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Foremost Farms USA (Richland Center, WI)	RICHLAND CENTER, WI	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	057-PL001	ROCHESTER, MN	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ingredients - Drying - Beaver UT	BEAVER, UT	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Insight FS - Antigo	ANTIGO	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Burlington Service Center	BURLINGTON	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Northland Buildings Inc	EAU CLAIRE	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NCC Fond du Lac	FOND DU LAC	59 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Merrill Area Public Schools	Merrill	440 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1366	Merrill	240 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1366	Merrill	224 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Weinbrenner Shoe Company, INC. - Merrill	Merrill	200 FTE
NAT-TCR	NOW Foods - Roselle	Roselle, IL	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Q-Tran, Inc.	Milford, CT	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-California Southwest Hawaii : SVC-Phoenix AZ-USA	Tempe, AZ	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	FL Int'l Univ GC Chili's	Miami, FL	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Plaza at Voorhees	Voorhees, NJ	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Critical Systems Inc	Boise, ID	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Eversource - Norwalk Gas	Norwalk, CT	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tulsa Brick Plant	Tulsa, OK	59 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.