Whey, condensed, dried, evaporated, and powdered, manufacturing · Minnesota
Proliant Dairy - Melrose
Melrose, MN · ~26 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Proliant Dairy - Melrose runs at 278% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Whey, condensed, dried, evaporated, and powdered, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Proliant Dairy - Melrose: 9.2 TCR = 278% of Whey, condensed, dried, evaporated, and powdered, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Proliant Dairy - Melrose safety composite
Proliant Dairy - Melrose scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 89% 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
Proliant Dairy - Melrose: 0.0 → 3.6 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 24.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Proliant Dairy - Melrose's TCR rose 3.6 from 0.0 in 2018 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 24.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311514 · Melrose, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 278% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #17/18
- PHOTO Muscoda Protein Prod…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~26 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Muscoda Protein Products LLP (0.0 TCR gap)
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Proliant Dairy - Melrose in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- SFR
SFR
9.7 TCR
- This site
Proliant Dairy - Melrose
9.2 TCR
- Muscoda Protei
Muscoda Protein Products LLP
9.2 TCR
- Plant One
Plant One
8.8 TCR
- Milk Specialti
Milk Specialties Global Jerome
8.7 TCR
What this shows Proliant Dairy - Melrose averages 9.2 TCR (278% of the Whey, condensed, dried, evaporated, and powdered, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Proliant Dairy - Melrose TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=16.5 · 2020=24.6 · 2021=7.9 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=7.6 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Proliant Dairy - Melrose falls in its industry
185 Whey, condensed, dried, evapor establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 18 Whey, condensed, dried, evapor employers in Minnesota.
Proliant Dairy - Melrose has fewer employees than the Whey, condensed, dried, evaporated, and median and a higher 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 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 24.6 | 24.6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 16.5 | 8.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311514 · MN · Melrose
185 Whey, condensed, dried, evaporated, and powdered, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 24 employers in Melrose, 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 | Muscoda Protein Products LLP | 9.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plant One | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Milk Specialties Global Jerome | 8.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SFR | 9.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Becker | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Silverstreak Dairy LLC, Silverstreak Dairy | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Schwartz Farms Huiras MN | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Golden Egg | 26 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Melrose Plant | 714 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Melrose CentraCare Health | 315 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CentraCare - Melrose | 309 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Melrose Area Public Schools | 251 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | TXA012 | 9.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Far West Recycling - Hillsboro | 9.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sanctuary at the Oaks | 9.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Flex-O-Glass | 9.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Andy's Professional Services, Inc. | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Skybokx 109 | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bellingham Bulk Plant / CL | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Austin Foundry | 26 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.