Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing · Wisconsin

Marathon Cheese Corporation

Marathon, WI · ~991 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Marathon Cheese Corporation runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Marathon Cheese Corporation: 4.8 TCR = 144% of Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Marathon Cheese Corporation safety composite

Marathon Cheese Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

2020→2024

Marathon Cheese Corporation injury rate improved

Marathon Cheese Corporation's TCR fell 2.1 from 5.5 in 2020 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=5.5 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Marathon, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 144% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #74/171
  • PHOTO Ingredients - Cheese…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 221 inj
  • SIZE ~991 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ingredients - Cheese - Hummelstown PA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Marathon Cheese Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Marathon Cheese Corporation averages 4.8 TCR (144% of the Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Marathon Cheese Corporation TCR series: 2020=5.5 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Marathon Cheese Corporation falls in its industry

377 Cheese, natural (except cottag establishments

Safer than 51% 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 #74 safest of 171 Cheese, natural (except cottag employers in Wisconsin.

Marathon Cheese Corporation (991 employees, TCR 4.8) 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Marathon Cheese Corporation
Marathon Cheese Corporation (991 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Marathon Cheese Corporation has more employees than the Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), 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 3.5 2.9 30 0 0
2023 4.4 3.6 41 0 0
2022 3.9 3.6 39 0 0
2021 6.5 5.4 59 5 0
2020 5.5 4.6 52 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · WI · Marathon

377 Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 15 employers in Marathon, 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 Ingredients - Cheese - Hummelstown PA 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lactalis USA Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Logan plant 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wiskerchen Cheese Inc. 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE ProHealth Care 994 FTE
STATE-SIZE Homes for Independent Living 987 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plymouth 996 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.H. Findorff & Son Inc. 985 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marathon 1,104 FTE
CITY-NEAR MEDFORD 665 FTE
CITY-NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME 561 FTE
CITY-NEAR Menzner Hardwoods Marathon 346 FTE
NAT-TCR NFI Interactive Logistics LLC-591 APACHE TRAIL 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 20624 Gouverneur 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Inn at Garden Plaza 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1385 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE NP Santa Fe LLC, dba Santa Fe Station Hotel & Casino 991 FTE
NAT-SIZE NGSP-E654 991 FTE
NAT-SIZE Life's WORC 991 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kraft Heinz Springfield 991 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, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.