Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Minnesota
Land O' Lakes - Melrose
Melrose, MN · ~143 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Land O' Lakes - Melrose runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Land O' Lakes - Melrose: 3.9 TCR = 119% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Land O' Lakes - Melrose safety composite
Land O' Lakes - Melrose scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% 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).
56/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% 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
Land O' Lakes - Melrose: 2.4 → 3.7 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 8.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.63× in 2024
Land O' Lakes - Melrose's TCR rose 1.3 from 2.4 in 2017 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Melrose, MN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 119% of ind
- DART 2.5 DART
- RANK #7/24
- PHOTO Foremost Farms USA (…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 43 inj
- SIZE ~143 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Land O' Lakes - Melrose in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Leprino Foods
Leprino Foods Company Tracy, CA
4 TCR
- This site
Land O' Lakes - Melrose
3.9 TCR
- Foremost Farms
Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI)
3.9 TCR
- Great Lakes Ch
Great Lakes Cheese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inc.
3.9 TCR
- Hilbert
Hilbert
3.9 TCR
What this shows Land O' Lakes - Melrose averages 3.9 TCR (119% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Land O' Lakes - Melrose TCR series: 2017=2.4 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=8.2 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Land O' Lakes - Melrose falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 24 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Minnesota.
Land O' Lakes - Melrose 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 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · MN · Melrose
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 24 employers in Melrose, MN · 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 | Foremost Farms USA (Lancaster, WI) | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Leprino Foods Company Tracy, CA | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Great Lakes Cheese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inc. | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hilbert | 3.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Novel Energy Solutions L.L.C. | 143 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Electronic Communication Systems LLC | 143 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Weidner Plumbing and Heating Company | 143 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | McC Corporate Office | 143 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Melrose Plant | 714 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Melrose CentraCare Health | 315 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CentraCare - Melrose | 309 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Melrose Area Public Schools | 251 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Dedicated Lancaster | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sunnyside Retirement Community | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nieman Plumbing, Inc. | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Button Transportation, Inc. | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Delaware River Stevedores - Tioga Marine Terminal | 143 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Scientific Design Company | 143 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kstop - Topeka | 143 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Caplm - Palmdale Center | 143 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.