Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Tennessee

MDS Foods Inc Tennessee

Name: MDS Foods Inc Tennessee Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Tullahoma, TN · ~130 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

MDS Foods Inc Tennessee runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

MDS Foods Inc Tennessee: 4.6 TCR = 138% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MDS Foods Inc Tennessee safety composite

MDS Foods Inc Tennessee scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−2.5

2017→2024

MDS Foods Inc Tennessee injury rate improved

MDS Foods Inc Tennessee's TCR fell 2.5 from 5.8 in 2017 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.8 · 2024=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Tullahoma, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 138% of ind

DART 2.8 DART
RANK #2/5
PHOTO Chili, WI
BOOK 2y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chili, WI (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.6
Chili, WI

4.6
Saputo-Levin

4.6
Foremost Farms

4.6
Dalbo, MN

4.5

What this shows MDS Foods Inc Tennessee averages 4.6 TCR (138% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

MDS Foods Inc Tennessee TCR series: 2017=5.8 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where MDS Foods Inc Tennessee falls in its industry

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Tennessee.

MDS Foods Inc Tennessee (130 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

MDS Foods Inc Tennessee 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	3.3	2.8	6	0	0
2017	5.8	1.9	6	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · TN · Tullahoma

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 55 employers in Tullahoma, TN · 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	Chili, WI	CHILI, WI	4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dalbo, MN	DALBO, MN	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Saputo-Levin	TULARE, CA	4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Foremost Farms USA (Clayton, WI)	CLAYTON, WI	4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Railroad Consultants, PLLC	MURFREESBORO	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DSE ERECTORS	JACKSON	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Interstate AC Service LLC	NASHVILLE	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	American Snuff Company	MEMPHIS	130 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NAS-National Aerospace Solutions at AEDC	Tullahoma	1,263 FTE
CITY-NEAR	K07 ICT - Tullahoma	Tullahoma	379 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 667	Tullahoma	284 FTE
CITY-NEAR	667	Tullahoma	282 FTE
NAT-TCR	Swanston Equipment Corporation	Fargo, ND	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arens Controls	Arlington Heights, IL	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Regency Technologies - Brooksville	Brooksville, FL	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	McHenry County Conservation District	Woodstock, IL	4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Fontana Water Company	Fontana, CA	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa Corporate Headquarters	Johnston, IA	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Round Lake Area Park District	Round Lake, IL	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	S03816 - WM of Baton Rouge	Walker, LA	130 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, 2017. 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.