Cheese spreads manufacturing · Missouri

Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon, MO · ~247 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mount Vernon runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cheese spreads manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Mount Vernon: 3.2 TCR = 97% of Cheese spreads manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mount Vernon safety composite

Mount Vernon scores strongest on dart rate (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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−0.8

2016→2024

Mount Vernon injury rate improved

Mount Vernon's TCR fell 0.8 from 2.4 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.4 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Mount Vernon, MO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 97% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #7/9
  • PHOTO Dixon Cheese & Pudding
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 48 inj
  • SIZE ~247 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dixon Cheese & Pudding (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mount Vernon in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mount Vernon averages 3.2 TCR (97% of the Cheese spreads manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Mount Vernon TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Mount Vernon falls in its industry

377 Cheese spreads manufacturing establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Cheese spreads manufacturing employers in Missouri.

Mount Vernon (247 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon (247 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Mount Vernon has more employees than the Cheese spreads manufacturing 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 1.5 0.9 5 0 0
2023 1.4 1.1 4 0 0
2022 1.2 1.2 3 0 0
2021 3.7 2.3 7 1 0
2020 4.1 1.6 4 4 0
2019 5.1 2.8 9 2 0
2018 4.9 2.6 9 2 0
2017 4.5 2.3 5 5 0
2016 2.4 0.9 2 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · MO · Mount Vernon

377 Cheese spreads manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 10 employers in Mount Vernon, MO · 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 Dixon Cheese & Pudding 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR DDN Plant 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Berner Foods - Dakota 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Upstate Farms Cheese, LLC 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Integrated Facility Services 247 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kansas City North Smithfield 247 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Industrial Rubber, Inc. 247 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2662-6505 247 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 7249 164 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reyco Granning, LLC 145 FTE
CITY-NEAR 7249 145 FTE
CITY-NEAR T&C Stainless, Inc 52 FTE
NAT-TCR Fisher Auto Parts - OVERLE 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Aberdeen Building 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Jacksonville (BAMG) 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Therma-Tron-X, Inc 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dakota Growers Pasta Co. ND 247 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kalamazoo SC 247 FTE
NAT-SIZE McKenzie Health System 247 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cranemasters, Inc. 247 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.