Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Michigan

Leprino Foods, Remus

Name: Leprino Foods, Remus Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Remus, MI · ~144 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Leprino Foods, Remus runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Leprino Foods, Remus: 2.8 TCR = 86% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Leprino Foods, Remus safety composite

Leprino Foods, Remus scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% 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).

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

Leprino Foods, Remus: 0.1 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.45× in 2023

Leprino Foods, Remus's TCR rose 1.9 from 0.1 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 86% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #5/8
PHOTO Sorrento Lactalis
BOOK 8y book
INJ 59 inj
SIZE ~144 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sorrento Lactalis (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sorrento Lacta

2.9
West Middlesex

2.9
This site

2.8
Schreiber Food

2.8
Hudson Valley

2.8

What this shows Leprino Foods, Remus averages 2.8 TCR (86% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Leprino Foods, Remus TCR series: 2016=0.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=0.1 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Leprino Foods, Remus falls in its industry

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 8 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Michigan.

Leprino Foods, Remus (144 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Leprino Foods, Remus 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
2023	1.9	1.3	3	0
2022	3.2	3.2	5	0
2021	6.8	6.2	10	1
2020	5.2	5.2	9	0
2019	5.4	3.6	8	1
2018	0.1	0.1	12	0
2017	0.0	0.0	4	0
2016	0.1	0.1	8	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · MI · Remus

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 5 employers in Remus, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Sorrento Lactalis	NAMPA, ID	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	West Middlesex, PA	WEST MIDDLESEX, PA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Schreiber Foods, Inc. Carthage	CARTHAGE, MO	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hudson Valley Creamery, LLC	HUDSON, NY	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Sozo Health Inc	WARREN	144 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Schreiber Corporation	WIXOM	144 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Arnie's Bakery	GRAND RAPIDS	144 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Creative Foam - Alloy	FENTON	144 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bandit Industries, Inc.	Remus	570 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bandit Industries, Inc. - Main	Remus	547 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AGCO, Inc -Remus	Remus	51 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bandit Industries, Inc. - West	Remus	37 FTE
NAT-TCR	FSIoffice - Charlotte	Charlotte, NC	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cardinal Health St Charles MO PD	Saint Charles, MO	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lease Crutcher Lewis - Portland	Portland, OR	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Alpine Demolition Services, LLC	St. Charles, IL	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Morrison Industries	Morrison, TN	144 FTE
NAT-SIZE	St. Otto's Care Center Inc.	Little Falls, MN	144 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Premier - Omaha	Omaha, NE	144 FTE
NAT-SIZE	F. Radich Motors Inc., DBA Elk Grove Honda	Elk Grove, CA	144 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.