Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · South Dakota
Saputo Cheese Big Stone
Big Stone City, SD · ~143 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Saputo Cheese Big Stone runs at 434% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Saputo Cheese Big Stone: 14.3 TCR = 434% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Saputo Cheese Big Stone safety composite
Saputo Cheese Big Stone scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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
Saputo Cheese Big Stone: 6.9 → 10.9 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 19.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.46× in 2023
Saputo Cheese Big Stone's TCR rose 4.0 from 6.9 in 2019 to 10.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 19.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Big Stone City, SD ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 14.3 · 434% of ind
- DART 6.6 DART
- RANK #8/10
- PHOTO Lyrical II dba Kite …
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 100 inj
- SIZE ~143 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lyrical II dba Kite Hill (0.1 TCR gap)
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Saputo Cheese Big Stone in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Saputo Cheese Big Stone
14.3 TCR
- Lyrical II dba
Lyrical II dba Kite Hill
14.3 TCR
- Wohlt Creamery
Wohlt Creamery, LLC
14.1 TCR
- Agri-Mark, Inc
Agri-Mark, Inc.
14 TCR
- Wohlt Creamery
Wohlt Creamery, LLC
13.9 TCR
What this shows Saputo Cheese Big Stone averages 14.3 TCR (434% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Saputo Cheese Big Stone TCR series: 2019=6.9 · 2020=15.7 · 2021=19.5 · 2022=18.5 · 2023=10.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Saputo Cheese Big Stone falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 10 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in South Dakota.
Saputo Cheese Big Stone has more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.9 | 6.6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 18.5 | 9.3 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 19.5 | 17.9 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 15.7 | 14.4 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · SD · Big Stone City
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 3 employers in Big Stone City, SD · 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 | Lyrical II dba Kite Hill | 14.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wohlt Creamery, LLC | 14.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Agri-Mark, Inc. | 14.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wohlt Creamery, LLC | 13.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Rapid City North Region | 143 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Alcom LLC, Sioux Falls | 143 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Aberdeen Corporate Office | 143 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Midwestern Mechanical-Sioux Falls | 144 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Big Stone Plant | 80 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Poet Biorefining -Big Stone | 53 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Putnam | 14.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PRL Aluminum | 14.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | La Crescent Health Services | 14.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Country Manor La Mesa | 14.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Grace Village Health Care Facility, Inc. | 143 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | JK Hackl Transportation Services, Inc | 143 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 0214 | 143 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mill Plain Electric | 143 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.