Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Ohio

Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc.

Middlefield, OH · ~78 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc. runs at 206% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc.: 6.8 TCR = 206% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc. safety composite

Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.1

2016→2024

Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc. injury rate improved

Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.1 from 9.0 in 2016 to 6.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.0 · 2017=9.6 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=11.3 · 2023=8.4 · 2024=6.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Middlefield, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 206% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #6/9
  • PHOTO Great Lakes Cheese
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Great Lakes Cheese (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc. averages 6.8 TCR (206% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc. TCR series: 2016=9 · 2017=9.6 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=11.3 · 2023=8.4 · 2024=6.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc. falls in its industry

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Ohio.

Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc. (78 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc.
Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc. (78 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Inc. 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 6.9 1.4 4 1 0
2023 8.4 4.2 6 0 0
2022 11.3 4.3 7 1 0
2021 6.9 5.5 5 0 0
2020 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.8 2.6 6 0 0
2017 9.6 0.0 7 0 0
2016 9.0 5.1 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · OH · Middlefield

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 50 employers in Middlefield, OH · 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 Great Lakes Cheese 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lactalis American Group Inc. - Belmont 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Agropur-Le Sueur Cheese Company 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bongards' Creameries 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Reptiles by Mack, LLC 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Worley Industrial Services at Kraton Polymers 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metcon Ltd 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wm. Kramer & Son, Inc 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cabinetworks Group Middlefield Plant #2 1,031 FTE
CITY-NEAR Masco Cabinetry Middlefield LLC Plant #2 971 FTE
CITY-NEAR HC Companies - Middlefield 520 FTE
CITY-NEAR Masco Cabinetry Middlefield LLC Plant #1 388 FTE
NAT-TCR Carbide Industries LLC 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 90 Cafferty Road Operating Company, LP 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Rossi Building - Rear - Plant Maintenance 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fire Department 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Resolute Tissue Sanford 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE County Clerk 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE LTM, Incorporated dba Knife River Materials Coos Bay 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Keefe Jacksonville 78 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.