Manufacturing · Wisconsin

Saputo Cheese_Waupun

Waupun, WI · ~430 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Saputo Cheese_Waupun runs at 273% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Saputo Cheese_Waupun: 9.0 TCR = 273% of Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Saputo Cheese_Waupun safety composite

Saputo Cheese_Waupun scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−2.3

2016→2024

Saputo Cheese_Waupun injury rate improved

Saputo Cheese_Waupun's TCR fell 2.3 from 9.8 in 2016 to 7.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.8 · 2017=11.4 · 2018=10.2 · 2019=11.1 · 2020=9.0 · 2021=8.2 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=7.7 · 2024=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Waupun, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 273% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK #143/171
  • PHOTO Bongards Creameries …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 323 inj
  • SIZE ~430 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bongards Creameries Perham (0.0 TCR gap)

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Saputo Cheese_Waupun in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Saputo Cheese_Waupun averages 9.0 TCR (273% of the Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Saputo Cheese_Waupun TCR series: 2016=9.8 · 2017=11.4 · 2018=10.2 · 2019=11.1 · 2020=9 · 2021=8.2 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=7.7 · 2024=7.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Saputo Cheese_Waupun falls in its industry

377 Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #143 safest of 171 Manufacturing employers in Wisconsin.

Saputo Cheese_Waupun (430 employees, TCR 9.0) 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 Saputo Cheese_Waupun
Saputo Cheese_Waupun (430 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Saputo Cheese_Waupun has more employees than the Manufacturing 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 7.5 6.8 33 0 0
2023 7.7 6.1 32 2 0
2022 6.4 5.4 24 1 0
2021 8.2 6.7 30 3 0
2020 9.0 7.5 32 5 0
2019 11.1 9.0 47 0 0
2018 10.2 7.2 41 0 0
2017 11.4 7.7 45 1 0
2016 9.8 8.0 39 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · WI · Waupun

377 Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 12 employers in Waupun, WI · 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 Bongards Creameries Perham 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR AFP Clear Lake 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Main 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paynesville 9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Husco - Waukesha 430 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fairbanks Morse Defense 430 FTE
STATE-SIZE LUTHERAN HOME 430 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenbay Office 431 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waupun Memorial Hospital 241 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tenneco 166 FTE
CITY-NEAR Silgan Containers Waupun 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waupun Christian Home 87 FTE
NAT-TCR Kemper House Highland Heights 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Galton 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Jetco Machine and Fabrication, LLC. 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Anchor Brake Shoe 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lockheed Martin Corporation Edwards Air Force Base (1466) 430 FTE
NAT-SIZE Landscapes Unlimited, LLC 430 FTE
NAT-SIZE 200 Building 430 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stepan Millsdale 430 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.