Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing · California

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Gustine

Gustine, CA · ~349 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Gustine runs at 215% 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.

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Gustine: 7.1 TCR = 215% of Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Gustine safety composite

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Gustine scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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).

F

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.8

2023→2024

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Gustine injury rate improved

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Gustine's TCR fell 2.8 from 8.5 in 2023 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=8.5 · 2024=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311511 · Gustine, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 215% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #33/38
  • PHOTO Hiland Dairy Kansas …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~349 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hiland Dairy Kansas City (0.0 TCR gap)

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Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Gustine in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Gustine averages 7.1 TCR (215% of the Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Gustine TCR series: 2023=8.5 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Gustine falls in its industry

457 Milk processing (e.g., bottlin establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 38 Milk processing (e.g., bottlin employers in California.

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Gustine (349 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Gustine
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Gustine (349 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Gustine 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 5.7 5.1 20 0 0
2023 8.5 7.7 30 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311511 · CA · Gustine

457 Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 6 employers in Gustine, CA · 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 Hiland Dairy Kansas City 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saputo Dairy Foods USA LLC 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR HP Hood LLC - Plant 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5472-NAI-0045-0046-08420 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE B & B AGRI SERVICES INC 349 FTE
STATE-SIZE Walsh Vineyards Management, Inc. 349 FTE
STATE-SIZE Primex Farms 349 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ardagh Glass Inc Madera 349 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gustine 298 FTE
CITY-NEAR O&M - San Luis Field Division 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gustine John B. Sanfilippo & Son 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR JF4 Enterprises, Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-TCR General City 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR NJV 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR NA-US-MA-Marlborough-St. Martin Drive 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Greeley Store 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nucor Vulcraft Group Grapeland Division 349 FTE
NAT-SIZE Henry Schein Indianapolis Distribution Center 349 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Training Inc 349 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trustile Doors - Denver 349 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.