Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin

Ornua Ingredients North America

Name: Ornua Ingredients North America Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hilbert, WI · ~233 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ornua Ingredients North America runs at 232% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Ornua Ingredients North America: 7.7 TCR = 232% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ornua Ingredients North America safety composite

Ornua Ingredients North America scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

−4.1

2018→2024

Ornua Ingredients North America injury rate improved

Ornua Ingredients North America's TCR fell 4.1 from 9.0 in 2018 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=9.0 · 2019=10.0 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=8.4 · 2024=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 232% of ind

DART 3.7 DART
RANK #120/171
PHOTO Glenmore
BOOK 5y book
INJ 76 inj
SIZE ~233 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Glenmore (0.0 TCR gap)

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7.7
Glenmore

7.7
Ellsworth Coop

7.7
Emmi Roth USA

7.6
Sartori West M

7.6

What this shows Ornua Ingredients North America averages 7.7 TCR (232% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Ornua Ingredients North America TCR series: 2018=9 · 2019=10 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=8.4 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Ornua Ingredients North America falls in its industry

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #120 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.

Ornua Ingredients North America (233 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Ornua Ingredients North America 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
2024	4.9	3.7	10	3
2023	8.4	6.0	19	2
2022	6.1	4.3	12	2
2019	10.0	5.0	19	1
2018	9.0	0.6	16	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · WI · Hilbert

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 7 employers in Hilbert, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Glenmore	DENMARK, WI	7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery	ELLSWORTH, WI	7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Emmi Roth USA - Seymour	SEYMOUR, WI	7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sartori West Main Creamery	PLAYMOUTH, WI	7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Natures Path Foods	SUSSEX	233 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Manitowoc Tool and Machining, LLC	MANITOWOC	233 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wells Vehicle Electronics	FOND DU LAC	233 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Meijer 283	OAK CREEK	233 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hilbert	Hilbert	495 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Manufacturing : Hilbert	Hilbert	329 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Holsum Elm Dairy	Hilbert	44 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Holsum Irish Dairy	Hilbert	43 FTE
NAT-TCR	1747 Augusta North	Evans, GA	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sacramento Laundry Company	Sacramento, CA	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pittsfield Charter Township	Ann Arbor, MI	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Distribution Inc	Lincoln, NE	7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Nucor Tubular Products South	Birmingham, AL	233 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Indorama Ventures Sustainable Solutions LLC	Athens, AL	233 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Quietflex Manufacturing Company, L.P.- Groveland Florida	Groveland, FL	233 FTE
NAT-SIZE	10530 Gilman	Berkeley, CA	233 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, 2019, 2018. 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.