Dietary drinks, dairy and nondairy based, manufacturing · Wisconsin
Plant Four
Sparta, WI · ~307 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Plant Four runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Dietary drinks, dairy and nondairy based, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Plant Four: 3.0 TCR = 90% of Dietary drinks, dairy and nondairy based, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Plant Four safety composite
Plant Four scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
−3.8
2016→2024
Plant Four injury rate improved
Plant Four's TCR fell 3.8 from 5.5 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.5 · 2017=6.9 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311514 · Sparta, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 90% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #17/39
- PHOTO El Dorado Springs, MO
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 76 inj
- SIZE ~307 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: El Dorado Springs, MO (0.0 TCR gap)
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Plant Four in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Plant Four
3 TCR
- El Dorado Spri
El Dorado Springs, MO
3 TCR
- Sugar Foods Co
Sugar Foods Corp
3 TCR
- Lynden Facilit
Lynden Facility
2.9 TCR
- Foremost Farms
Foremost Farms USA (Sparta, WI)
2.9 TCR
What this shows Plant Four averages 3.0 TCR (90% of the Dietary drinks, dairy and nondairy based, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Plant Four TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2017=6.9 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Plant Four falls in its industry
185 Dietary drinks, dairy and nond establishmentsSafer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 39 Dietary drinks, dairy and nond employers in Wisconsin.
Plant Four has more employees than the Dietary drinks, dairy and nondairy based median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311514 · WI · Sparta
185 Dietary drinks, dairy and nondairy based, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 44 employers in Sparta, 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 | El Dorado Springs, MO | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sugar Foods Corp | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lynden Facility | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Foremost Farms USA (Sparta, WI) | 2.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | HellermannTyton- Good Hope | 307 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wabash New Lisbon | 307 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Electronics Plant | 307 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | American Packaging Corporation - Columbus | 306 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sparta Area School District | 587 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mathews Archery, Inc | 345 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northern Engraving Corporation | 321 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 979 | 281 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Owosso | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Savannah Division | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ebert Construction Co., Inc. | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Central Rural Electric Cooperative | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Westminster Manor | 307 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sheldon Facility | 307 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | W&W-AFCO Steel - Oklahoma City | 307 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Inteva Products | 307 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.