Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin

Lactalis USA

Belmont, WI · ~316 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lactalis USA runs at 307% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Lactalis USA: 10.1 TCR = 307% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lactalis USA safety composite

Lactalis USA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

2022→2023

Lactalis USA injury rate improved

Lactalis USA's TCR fell 2.3 from 11.3 in 2022 to 9.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=11.3 · 2023=9.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Belmont, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.1 · 307% of ind

  • DART 8.7 DART
  • RANK #155/171
  • PHOTO Bellwether Farms, LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 54 inj
  • SIZE ~316 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bellwether Farms, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lactalis USA in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Lactalis USA averages 10.1 TCR (307% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Lactalis USA TCR series: 2022=11.3 · 2023=9 · BLS 3.3

Where Lactalis USA falls in its industry

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #155 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.

Lactalis USA (316 employees, TCR 10.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Lactalis USA
Lactalis USA (316 employees, TCR 10.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Lactalis USA has more employees than the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufactu 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
2023 9.0 8.7 24 3 0
2022 11.3 6.3 30 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · WI · Belmont

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 5 employers in Belmont, 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 Bellwether Farms, LLC 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wisconsin Cheese Group - Monticello Manufucturing & Packaging Facility 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saputo Cheese_Lena 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Old Europe Cheese, Inc. 10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE La Crosse - Main Store 316 FTE
STATE-SIZE 8027057-Phillips-Medisize / Menomonie WI 316 FTE
STATE-SIZE MS JOW Center 316 FTE
STATE-SIZE St. Cloud 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR Betin Inc - Belmont 290 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lactalis American Group Inc. - Belmont 272 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. 240 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saputo Cheese USA Inc Belmont 188 FTE
NAT-TCR 9215-EUG 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR American Red Cross - 7359 Oswego Rd 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-01204 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-00273 10.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Woodmont Real Estate Services 316 FTE
NAT-SIZE VA 316 FTE
NAT-SIZE Human Technologies US5 316 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chattanooga TN Office 316 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.