Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Minnesota
Ornua Ingredients North America - MN 2
Byron, MN · ~45 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ornua Ingredients North America - MN 2 runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Ornua Ingredients North America - MN 2: 4.4 TCR = 133% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ornua Ingredients North America - MN 2 safety composite
Ornua Ingredients North America - MN 2 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% 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
−4.7
2022→2023
Ornua Ingredients North America - MN 2 injury rate improved
Ornua Ingredients North America - MN 2's TCR fell 4.7 from 6.8 in 2022 to 2.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=6.8 · 2023=2.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Byron, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 133% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #9/24
- PHOTO MARATHON CHEESE (MED…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~45 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: MARATHON CHEESE (MEDFORD) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ornua Ingredients North America - MN 2 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- MARATHON CHEES
MARATHON CHEESE (MEDFORD)
4.5 TCR
- Hull Facility
Hull Facility - AGROPUR
4.5 TCR
- Manufacturing
Manufacturing : Plymouth
4.5 TCR
- This site
Ornua Ingredients North America - MN 2
4.4 TCR
- Saputo Cheese_
Saputo Cheese_South Gate
4.3 TCR
What this shows Ornua Ingredients North America - MN 2 averages 4.4 TCR (133% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Ornua Ingredients North America - MN 2 TCR series: 2022=6.8 · 2023=2 · BLS 3.3
Where Ornua Ingredients North America - MN 2 falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 24 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Minnesota.
Ornua Ingredients North America - MN 2 has fewer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · MN · Byron
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 26 employers in Byron, MN · 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 | MARATHON CHEESE (MEDFORD) | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hull Facility - AGROPUR | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Manufacturing : Plymouth | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Saputo Cheese_South Gate | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | District 45 | 45 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Allstar Construction Commercial Op Co, LLC | 45 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Doran Construction Company, LLC | 45 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hasslen Construction Company, Inc. | 45 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Curtis 1000 Inc - 0096-MNBY1 | 189 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Taylor Print and Visual Impressions - Byron MN - 0223-MNBY1 | 182 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rochester Breeder Farms | 81 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DeCook Excavating Inc. | 71 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Napa Hawaii Dc | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wayne County Eggs LLC | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 380 - Hicksville Branch | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FM1382 Health Care Center Ltd. Co. d/b/a Crestview Court | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | HPN White Plains Airport | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Lodge Assisted Living and Memory Care Community | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Great Lakes, Moraine | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Joval Mfg. Co. Inc. | 45 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.