Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin

Lancaster

Lancaster, WI · ~34 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lancaster runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Lancaster: 4.5 TCR = 137% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lancaster safety composite

Lancaster 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−2.1

2016→2024

Lancaster injury rate improved

Lancaster's TCR fell 2.1 from 2.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=12.6 · 2018=7.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Lancaster, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 137% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #67/171
  • PHOTO Marquez Brothers Int…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Marquez Brothers International, Inc. - Hanford (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lancaster in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lancaster averages 4.5 TCR (137% 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

Lancaster TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=12.6 · 2018=7.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Lancaster falls in its industry

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishments

Safer than 55% 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 #67 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.

Lancaster (34 employees, TCR 4.5) 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 Lancaster
Lancaster (34 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Lancaster has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.8 7.8 2 0 0
2017 12.6 9.4 4 0 0
2016 2.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · WI · Lancaster

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 18 employers in Lancaster, 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 Marquez Brothers International, Inc. - Hanford 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Whitehall Specialties - Plant 1 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Emmi Roth USA-Platteville 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dalbo, MN 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Drumlin Dairy, LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Merrillan East Coating 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bayfront Steam Plant 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bayfront Steam Plant-5D 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bemis North America - Lancaster 188 FTE
CITY-NEAR SKYLINE CORPORATION 133 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southwest Opportunities Center 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR LANCASTER HEALTH SERVICES 82 FTE
NAT-TCR Florala Health and Rehabilitation, LLC 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Careone at Morris Alf 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Dhs Products, Inc 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lineage Logistics LLC 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE RBI-Coldwater, Inc 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stratus Roofing 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Georgia Anodizing LLC 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE OEM Columbus 34 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: 2024, 2023, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.