Beverages, milk based (except dietary), manufacturing · Indiana
Prairie Farms Dairy Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, IN · ~169 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Prairie Farms Dairy Fort Wayne runs at 299% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Beverages, milk based (except dietary), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Prairie Farms Dairy Fort Wayne: 9.9 TCR = 299% of Beverages, milk based (except dietary), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Prairie Farms Dairy Fort Wayne safety composite
Prairie Farms Dairy Fort Wayne scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Prairie Farms Dairy Fort Wayne: 4.6 → 9.0 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 14.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.83× in 2023
Prairie Farms Dairy Fort Wayne's TCR rose 4.4 from 4.6 in 2016 to 9.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 14.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311511 · Fort Wayne, IN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 299% of ind
- DART 8.2 DART
- RANK #11/11
- PHOTO Plainview Milk Produ…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 111 inj
- SIZE ~169 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Plainview Milk Products Cooperative - Hastings (0.0 TCR gap)
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Prairie Farms Dairy Fort Wayne in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Prairie Farms Dairy Fort Wayne
9.9 TCR
- Plainview Milk
Plainview Milk Products Cooperative - Hastings
9.9 TCR
- Cowarts Facili
Cowarts Facility
9.9 TCR
- Westby Coopera
Westby Cooperative Creamery
9.8 TCR
- Byrne Dairy Fl
Byrne Dairy Fluid milk Plant
9.8 TCR
What this shows Prairie Farms Dairy Fort Wayne averages 9.9 TCR (299% of the Beverages, milk based (except dietary), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Prairie Farms Dairy Fort Wayne TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=7.6 · 2018=14 · 2019=14.2 · 2023=9 · BLS 3.3
Where Prairie Farms Dairy Fort Wayne falls in its industry
457 Beverages, milk based (except establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 11 Beverages, milk based (except employers in Indiana.
Prairie Farms Dairy Fort Wayne has more employees than the Beverages, milk based (except dietary), median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14.2 | 11.7 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 14.0 | 10.8 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311511 · IN · Fort Wayne
457 Beverages, milk based (except dietary), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 634 employers in Fort Wayne, IN · 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 | Plainview Milk Products Cooperative - Hastings | 9.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Westby Cooperative Creamery | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Byrne Dairy Fluid milk Plant | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cowarts Facility | 9.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Noblesville 02 | 169 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Midland Engineering Company, Inc. | 169 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | R3 Composites | 169 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Element Resources | 169 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Parkview Memorial Hospital | 6,096 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Parkview North Hospital | 4,648 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Parkview Corporate Office | 3,312 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Shambaugh & Son LP | 3,072 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 5283 - Andover | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eastern Alloys of Kentucky, LLC. | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eagle Ridge of Decatur | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Angelus Block Gardena | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | USM Store #690 (ALBERTSONS MARKET) | 169 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Main Plant | 169 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stop & Shop 100615 | 169 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ernest Paper Product Inc. | 169 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.