Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Minnesota
Prairie Farms Dairy - Rochester
Rochester, MN · ~63 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Prairie Farms Dairy - Rochester runs at 161% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Prairie Farms Dairy - Rochester: 5.3 TCR = 161% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Prairie Farms Dairy - Rochester safety composite
Prairie Farms Dairy - Rochester scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Prairie Farms Dairy - Rochester: 4.2 → 9.6 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 9.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.81× in 2024
Prairie Farms Dairy - Rochester's TCR rose 5.4 from 4.2 in 2020 to 9.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Rochester, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 161% of ind
- DART 9.6 DART
- RANK #11/24
- PHOTO Emmir Roth USA Monro…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 19 inj
- SIZE ~63 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Emmir Roth USA Monroe Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Prairie Farms Dairy - Rochester in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Kraft Heinz Wa
Kraft Heinz Wausau
5.4 TCR
- Whitehall Spec
Whitehall Specialties - Plant 3
5.4 TCR
- This site
Prairie Farms Dairy - Rochester
5.3 TCR
- Emmir Roth USA
Emmir Roth USA Monroe Plant
5.3 TCR
- Brewster Chees
Brewster Cheese - Stockton
5.3 TCR
What this shows Prairie Farms Dairy - Rochester averages 5.3 TCR (161% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Prairie Farms Dairy - Rochester TCR series: 2020=4.2 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=9.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Prairie Farms Dairy - Rochester falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 46% 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 #11 safest of 24 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Minnesota.
Prairie Farms Dairy - Rochester has fewer 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · MN · Rochester
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 290 employers in Rochester, 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 | Emmir Roth USA Monroe Plant | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Brewster Cheese - Stockton | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kraft Heinz Wausau | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Whitehall Specialties - Plant 3 | 5.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Riverview | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BELTRAMI ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Steenberg Watrud Construction LLC | 63 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mayo Clinic Rochester | 38,233 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Olmsted County | 1,304 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC | 1,051 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS | 823 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Frith Construction Company, Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chicago Meat Authority | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Faddegons Nursery Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 3227 - Philadelphia Art Museum | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 3800-Aloft Chicago River N | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ultra - Campanelli Drive | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hillandale Farms LLC | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Seats Incorporated Chariton Iowa | 63 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.