Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing · Minnesota
Saputo Cheese USA, Inc.
White Bear Lake, MN · ~195 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Saputo Cheese USA, Inc.: 4.6 TCR = 139% of Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. safety composite
Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.9 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% 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
−1.6
2022→2024
Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. injury rate improved
Saputo Cheese USA, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.6 from 6.4 in 2022 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=6.4 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=4.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311511 · White Bear Lake, MN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 139% of ind
- DART 2.9 DART
- RANK #9/18
- PHOTO St. Albans Cooperati…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~195 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: St. Albans Cooperative Creamery (0.0 TCR gap)
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Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Umpqua Dairy P
Umpqua Dairy Products Company
4.7 TCR
- This site
Saputo Cheese USA, Inc.
4.6 TCR
- St. Albans Coo
St. Albans Cooperative Creamery
4.5 TCR
- T.G. Lee - Ora
T.G. Lee - Orange City Plant
4.5 TCR
- Gandys - Lubbo
Gandys - Lubbock (Dean)
4.5 TCR
What this shows Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. averages 4.6 TCR (139% of the Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. TCR series: 2022=6.4 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. falls in its industry
457 Milk, fluid (except canned), m establishmentsSafer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 18 Milk, fluid (except canned), m employers in Minnesota.
Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. has more employees than the Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturi 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 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311511 · MN · White Bear Lake
457 Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 88 employers in White Bear Lake, MN · 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 | St. Albans Cooperative Creamery | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | T.G. Lee - Orange City Plant | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Umpqua Dairy Products Company | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gandys - Lubbock (Dean) | 4.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dakota Electric Association | 195 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Andersen Corporation - North Branch | 195 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wells Concrete, Wells | 195 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nonin Medical | 195 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | White Bear Lake Area Schools | 1,280 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Carlson Building Maintenance, Inc. | 693 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Carlson Building Maintenance Corporate Office | 667 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Century College | 557 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | MercyOne Senior Care | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wauconda Tool & Engineering Inc | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | VNA Hospice House | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Beaumont TX FXFE-BMT | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 81 - Houston | 195 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Williamsville Suburban, LLC | 195 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | DCP001 Consumer Protection | 195 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wright Manufacturing | 195 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.