Cat food manufacturing · Wisconsin

Nestle Purina Pet Care - Jefferson

Jefferson, WI · ~248 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nestle Purina Pet Care - Jefferson runs at 29% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cat food manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Nestle Purina Pet Care - Jefferson: 1.1 TCR = 29% of Cat food manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nestle Purina Pet Care - Jefferson safety composite

Nestle Purina Pet Care - Jefferson scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−0.6

2016→2024

Nestle Purina Pet Care - Jefferson injury rate improved

Nestle Purina Pet Care - Jefferson's TCR fell 0.6 from 1.2 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.2 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=0.4 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311111 · Jefferson, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 29% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #1/16
  • PHOTO Stella & Chewy's
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~248 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stella & Chewy's (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nestle Purina Pet Care - Jefferson in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nestle Purina Pet Care - Jefferson averages 1.1 TCR (29% of the Cat food manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Nestle Purina Pet Care - Jefferson TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=0.4 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 3.9

Where Nestle Purina Pet Care - Jefferson falls in its industry

302 Cat food manufacturing establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 16 Cat food manufacturing employers in Wisconsin.

Nestle Purina Pet Care - Jefferson (248 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Nestle Purina Pet Care - Jefferson
Nestle Purina Pet Care - Jefferson (248 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Nestle Purina Pet Care - Jefferson has more employees than the Cat food manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 0.6 0.6 2 0 0
2023 0.3 0.3 1 0 0
2022 1.3 0.3 3 1 0
2021 0.9 0.9 2 0 0
2020 0.4 0.0 1 0 0
2019 1.5 1.1 4 0 0
2018 1.9 1.1 5 0 0
2017 1.9 1.2 5 0 0
2016 1.2 0.4 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311111 · WI · Jefferson

302 Cat food manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 18 employers in Jefferson, 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 Stella & Chewy's 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR IsoNova Technologies LLC - Social Circle 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR RSD 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR EMPORIA PET FOOD 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE MI MILWAUKEE 248 FTE
STATE-SIZE Headquarters 247 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fahrner Asphalt Sealers, LLC 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE B&B Electric Services Inc 249 FTE
CITY-NEAR Generac Power Systems Inc. 362 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3499 284 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3499 243 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alden Estates of Jefferson 127 FTE
NAT-TCR Villa Rica Metalizing (3) 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dora Hotel Company 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR New Market 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Vistar Ohio - 1020 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Super Transport International, Ltd 248 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kansas City 248 FTE
NAT-SIZE McCourt Construction Company 248 FTE
NAT-SIZE Santa Fe Springs 248 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.