Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Michigan

Leprino Foods, Allendale

Allendale, MI · ~288 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Leprino Foods, Allendale runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Leprino Foods, Allendale: 1.4 TCR = 44% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Leprino Foods, Allendale safety composite

Leprino Foods, Allendale scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

B

83/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% 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

−1.4

2016→2018

Leprino Foods, Allendale injury rate improved

Leprino Foods, Allendale's TCR fell 1.4 from 2.0 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Allendale, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 44% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/8
  • PHOTO Kraft Heinz Springfi…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~288 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kraft Heinz Springfield (0.0 TCR gap)

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Leprino Foods, Allendale in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Leprino Foods, Allendale averages 1.4 TCR (44% 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

Leprino Foods, Allendale TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=0.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Leprino Foods, Allendale falls in its industry

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 8 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Michigan.

Leprino Foods, Allendale (288 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 Leprino Foods, Allendale
Leprino Foods, Allendale (288 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Leprino Foods, Allendale 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
2018 0.6 0.0 2 0 0
2017 1.7 1.0 5 0 0
2016 2.0 0.7 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · MI · Allendale

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 20 employers in Allendale, MI · 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 Kraft Heinz Springfield 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lactalis Nampa 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mi Semago Corporation 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Only/Main 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE DreamFields Michigan, LLC 288 FTE
STATE-SIZE PTI Engineered Plastics 288 FTE
STATE-SIZE Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3) 288 FTE
STATE-SIZE Triumph Group - Macomb 288 FTE
CITY-NEAR Leprino Foods Co 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR 500282100 GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIV. 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4021-500282100 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR 137 FAMILY FARE -Allendale, MI FF, LLC #38-2750461 103 FTE
NAT-TCR Ksi Trading Corp - 55va 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Willie Goss Enterprises, Inc 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hydro - Delhi 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Garvey Manor and Our Lady of the Alleghenies 288 FTE
NAT-SIZE Triumph Group Precision Components 288 FTE
NAT-SIZE Regal Beloit America, Inc. 288 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbus Sportservice, LLC 288 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.