Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Lake Country Dairy
Turtle Lake, WI · ~157 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lake Country Dairy runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Lake Country Dairy: 5.2 TCR = 157% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lake Country Dairy safety composite
Lake Country Dairy scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% 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
−6.0
2016→2024
Lake Country Dairy injury rate improved
Lake Country Dairy's TCR fell 6.0 from 6.8 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=6.8 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=0.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Turtle Lake, WI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 157% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #83/171
- PHOTO Cacique Inc.
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 61 inj
- SIZE ~157 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cacique Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lake Country Dairy in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lake Country Dairy
5.2 TCR
- Cacique Inc.
Cacique Inc.
5.2 TCR
- Agropur - Luxe
Agropur - Luxemburg
5.1 TCR
- Crave Brothers
Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese
5.1 TCR
- AFP Visalia
AFP Visalia
5.1 TCR
What this shows Lake Country Dairy averages 5.2 TCR (157% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Lake Country Dairy TCR series: 2016=6.8 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Lake Country Dairy falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 47% 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 #83 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.
Lake Country Dairy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.7 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.8 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Turtle Lake
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 4 employers in Turtle Lake, 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 | Cacique Inc. | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Agropur - Luxemburg | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AFP Visalia | 5.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | The Little Potato Company | 157 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | G&H Pets, LLC | 157 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AFP advanced food products llc | 157 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kerry Owen | 157 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Infinity Retail Services | 46 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wisconsin Whey Protein- Turtle Lake | 36 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Synergy Community Cooperative - Turtle Lake | 16 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Don Wartko Construction, Inc. | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Perfection Group, Inc., Indianapolis | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TEAM Cambridge, Inc | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Witness Inspection | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Pincanna | 157 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gt Industries | 157 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | W. S. Townsend Co./DBA MKD Kitchen and Bath | 157 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pramira, Inc. | 157 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.