Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin

MEDFORD

Marathon, WI · ~665 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MEDFORD runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

MEDFORD: 5.0 TCR = 153% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MEDFORD safety composite

MEDFORD scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−1.1

2016→2018

MEDFORD injury rate improved

MEDFORD's TCR fell 1.1 from 6.0 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.0 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 153% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #79/171
  • PHOTO Imperia Foods, Montf…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 95 inj
  • SIZE ~665 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Imperia Foods, Montfort (0.0 TCR gap)

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MEDFORD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MEDFORD averages 5.0 TCR (153% 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

MEDFORD TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=4.9 · BLS 3.3

Where MEDFORD falls in its industry

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishments

Safer than 49% 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 #79 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.

MEDFORD (665 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 MEDFORD
MEDFORD (665 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

MEDFORD has more employees than the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufactu median and a higher 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 4.9 3.9 30 5 0
2017 4.3 3.5 26 2 0
2016 6.0 5.5 39 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · WI · Marathon

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 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 Imperia Foods, Montfort 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hilmar Site & HIC 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Glanbia Gooding Cheese Plant 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saputo Cheese (Las Cruces) 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nelnet-Madison 663 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stoughton (Manf.) 662 FTE
STATE-SIZE National Avenue 670 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 7039 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marathon 1,104 FTE
CITY-NEAR MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION 991 FTE
CITY-NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME 561 FTE
CITY-NEAR Menzner Hardwoods Marathon 346 FTE
NAT-TCR Eagle Transport Corporation -Charlotte 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Providence Life Services 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ksi Trading Corp -41ma 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AmeriGas - ACE - Ruffs Dales, Pa 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Beck Facility Services 665 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allied Services S.N.C 665 FTE
NAT-SIZE ATLNGA78H07 665 FTE
NAT-SIZE Methodist University 665 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.

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