Cheese Manufacturing · Wisconsin
R and D / Engineering : Elkhart Lake
Elkhart Lake, WI · ~92 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
R and D / Engineering : Elkhart Lake runs at 20% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cheese Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
R and D / Engineering : Elkhart Lake: 0.7 TCR = 20% of Cheese Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
R and D / Engineering : Elkhart Lake safety composite
R and D / Engineering : Elkhart Lake scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
78/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 98% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% 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
R and D / Engineering : Elkhart Lake: 0.0 → 1.1 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 1.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.71× in 2021
R and D / Engineering : Elkhart Lake's TCR rose 1.1 from 0.0 in 2017 to 1.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 1.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Elkhart Lake, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 20% of ind
- DART 1.1 DART
- RANK #2/171
- PHOTO Saputo Lincolnshire
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~92 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Saputo Lincolnshire (0.0 TCR gap)
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R and D / Engineering : Elkhart Lake in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Ingredients -
Ingredients - DC - Cheese- Dalbo MN
0.8 TCR
- Leprino Foods
Leprino Foods Company, Denver
0.8 TCR
- This site
R and D / Engineering : Elkhart Lake
0.7 TCR
- Saputo Lincoln
Saputo Lincolnshire
0.7 TCR
- K177-M001
K177-M001
0.5 TCR
What this shows R and D / Engineering : Elkhart Lake averages 0.7 TCR (20% of the Cheese Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
R and D / Engineering : Elkhart Lake TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=1.1 · BLS 3.3
Where R and D / Engineering : Elkhart Lake falls in its industry
377 Cheese Manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 171 Cheese Manufacturing employers in Wisconsin.
R and D / Engineering : Elkhart Lake has fewer employees than the Cheese Manufacturing median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Elkhart Lake
377 Cheese Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 10 employers in Elkhart Lake, 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 | Saputo Lincolnshire | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ingredients - DC - Cheese- Dalbo MN | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | K177-M001 | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Leprino Foods Company, Denver | 0.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | La Macchia Group, LLC | 92 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Main Office | 92 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | James Peterson Sons, Inc. | 92 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kuhlman Incorporated | 92 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bremer Manufacturing Company, Inc. | 89 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Elkhart Lake | 87 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 5935_12921 | 68 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KEES Inc. | 61 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Corporate | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Liberty Park Urban Center | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Burling Builders, Inc. | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | LANXESS East Hanover | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Douron - Headquarters | 92 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Summit City Nursing and Rehabilitation | 92 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings | 92 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | New Indy Containerboard Hartford City Mill | 92 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.