Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Meister Cheese Company LLC
Muscoda, WI · ~137 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Meister Cheese Company LLC runs at 234% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Meister Cheese Company LLC: 7.7 TCR = 234% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Meister Cheese Company LLC safety composite
Meister Cheese Company LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.98 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% 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
2018→2024
Meister Cheese Company LLC injury rate improved
Meister Cheese Company LLC's TCR fell 1.4 from 6.5 in 2018 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=6.5 · 2019=8.9 · 2021=14.3 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=5.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Muscoda, WI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 234% of ind
- DART 4.0 DART
- RANK #122/171
- PHOTO RIZO-LOPEZ FOODS INC
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 53 inj
- SIZE ~137 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: RIZO-LOPEZ FOODS INC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Meister Cheese Company LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Meister Cheese Company LLC
7.7 TCR
- RIZO-LOPEZ FOO
RIZO-LOPEZ FOODS INC
7.7 TCR
- La Quesera Mex
La Quesera Mexicana
7.7 TCR
- Ellsworth Coop
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery
7.7 TCR
- Ornua Ingredie
Ornua Ingredients North America
7.7 TCR
What this shows Meister Cheese Company LLC averages 7.7 TCR (234% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Meister Cheese Company LLC TCR series: 2018=6.5 · 2019=8.9 · 2021=14.3 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Meister Cheese Company LLC falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #122 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.
Meister Cheese Company LLC 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14.3 | 7.1 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.9 | 1.9 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Muscoda
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 5 employers in Muscoda, 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 | RIZO-LOPEZ FOODS INC | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | La Quesera Mexicana | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ornua Ingredients North America | 7.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Poblocki Paving Corp. | 137 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Seneca Foods Corporation - Cambria East | 137 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Germantown Container | 137 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ChemDesign | 137 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Scot Industries - Muscoda | 228 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Universal Muscoda | 105 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Muscoda Protein Products LLP | 43 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Riverside Sawmill, Inc. | 18 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Stalwork Inc Office | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SSA Terminals Terminal 18 | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Spectra Colors | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Columbus 087 | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Division 22 | 137 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | OPEX Corp. Site 2 | 137 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BU740 Munford | 137 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Honeycutt Construction - Wilmington | 137 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.