Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Land O'Lakes Kiel Dairy Foods
Kiel, WI · ~142 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Land O'Lakes Kiel Dairy Foods runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Land O'Lakes Kiel Dairy Foods: 4.2 TCR = 126% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Land O'Lakes Kiel Dairy Foods safety composite
Land O'Lakes Kiel Dairy Foods scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).
52/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% 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
−3.9
2019→2024
Land O'Lakes Kiel Dairy Foods injury rate improved
Land O'Lakes Kiel Dairy Foods's TCR fell 3.9 from 8.3 in 2019 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=8.3 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=4.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Kiel, WI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 126% of ind
- DART 3.2 DART
- RANK #56/171
- PHOTO Fiscalini Cheese Com…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 35 inj
- SIZE ~142 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Fiscalini Cheese Company, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Land O'Lakes Kiel Dairy Foods in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Land O'Lakes Kiel Dairy Foods
4.2 TCR
- Fiscalini Chee
Fiscalini Cheese Company, Inc.
4.2 TCR
- Brewster, Ohio
Brewster, Ohio
4.2 TCR
- BelGioioso Che
BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom
4.2 TCR
- Glanbia Goodin
Glanbia Gooding Cheese and Whey Plant
4.1 TCR
What this shows Land O'Lakes Kiel Dairy Foods averages 4.2 TCR (126% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Land O'Lakes Kiel Dairy Foods TCR series: 2019=8.3 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Land O'Lakes Kiel Dairy Foods falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 60% 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 #56 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.
Land O'Lakes Kiel Dairy Foods 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 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.3 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Kiel
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 15 employers in Kiel, 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 | Fiscalini Cheese Company, Inc. | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Brewster, Ohio | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Glanbia Gooding Cheese and Whey Plant | 4.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Plant #1 | 142 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Alpine Slicing and Cheese Conversion | 142 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Owen Plant | 142 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kerry Sturtevant | 142 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Manufacturing : Kiel | 579 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amerequip Kiel | 267 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kiel, WI Plant | 259 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vollrath Company LLC, Kiel | 222 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Red River Pallet Inc | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wetzel Ford | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Texas Children's Hospital-West Campus | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Refinery | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | West County Health Center | 142 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Deerfield Manufacturing, Inc. d/b/a Ice Industries Deerfield | 142 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Casteel Heating and Cooling - West | 142 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fort Point | 142 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.