Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing · Colorado
Royal Crest Dairy, Inc
Denver, CO · ~249 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Royal Crest Dairy, Inc runs at 345% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Royal Crest Dairy, Inc: 11.4 TCR = 345% of Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Royal Crest Dairy, Inc safety composite
Royal Crest Dairy, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).
19/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% 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
Royal Crest Dairy, Inc: 8.2 → 10.2 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 14.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.66× in 2024
Royal Crest Dairy, Inc's TCR rose 2.0 from 8.2 in 2021 to 10.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 14.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311511 · Denver, CO ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 11.4 · 345% of ind
- DART 7.5 DART
- RANK #12/13
- PHOTO Upstate Niagara Coop…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 107 inj
- SIZE ~249 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Rochester (0.0 TCR gap)
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Royal Crest Dairy, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Royal Crest Dairy, Inc
11.4 TCR
- Upstate Niagar
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Rochester
11.4 TCR
- Hiland Dairy O
Hiland Dairy Omaha Plant
11.4 TCR
- HP Hood, LLC-
HP Hood, LLC- Barre, VT
11.4 TCR
- Prairie Farms
Prairie Farms Dairy
11.4 TCR
What this shows Royal Crest Dairy, Inc averages 11.4 TCR (345% of the Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Royal Crest Dairy, Inc TCR series: 2021=8.2 · 2022=12.8 · 2023=14.3 · 2024=10.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Royal Crest Dairy, Inc falls in its industry
457 Milk processing (e.g., bottlin establishmentsSafer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 13 Milk processing (e.g., bottlin employers in Colorado.
Royal Crest Dairy, Inc has more employees than the Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.2 | 7.5 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 14.3 | 10.9 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.8 | 8.3 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311511 · CO · Denver
457 Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 1,757 employers in Denver, CO · 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 | Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Rochester | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hiland Dairy Omaha Plant | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HP Hood, LLC- Barre, VT | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Prairie Farms Dairy | 11.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Del IPS Company, Inc. | 249 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1384 | 249 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Grand Junction, Colorado, Site | 249 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Center at Rock Creek | 249 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DEN DEN | 9,832 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6925-DEN | 6,769 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DEN - Airport United Airlines Offices | 5,277 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CO-01 | 4,581 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - DLR2 | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Crockett Enterprises, Inc. | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Smith's Mill Health Campus | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of Bothell | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 273 - Mokena | 249 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 191 - Plainwell | 249 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 163 - Port Huron | 249 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TCC Corporate | 249 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.