Fluid Milk Manufacturing · New York

Saputo Dairy Foods

Friendship, NY · ~331 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Saputo Dairy Foods runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fluid Milk Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Saputo Dairy Foods: 5.5 TCR = 166% of Fluid Milk Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Saputo Dairy Foods safety composite

Saputo Dairy Foods scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 43% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 0% 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

−1.8

2016→2023

Saputo Dairy Foods injury rate improved

Saputo Dairy Foods's TCR fell 1.8 from 8.6 in 2016 to 6.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.6 · 2017=3.0 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=5.0 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=6.8 · 2023=6.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311511 · Friendship, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 166% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #22/43
  • PHOTO Saputo Cheese Reedsb…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 138 inj
  • SIZE ~331 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Saputo Cheese Reedsburg (0.0 TCR gap)

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Saputo Dairy Foods in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Saputo Dairy Foods averages 5.5 TCR (166% of the Fluid Milk Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Saputo Dairy Foods TCR series: 2016=8.6 · 2017=3 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=5 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=6.8 · 2023=6.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Saputo Dairy Foods falls in its industry

457 Fluid Milk Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 43 Fluid Milk Manufacturing employers in New York.

Saputo Dairy Foods (331 employees, TCR 5.5) 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 Dairy Foods
Saputo Dairy Foods (331 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Saputo Dairy Foods has more employees than the Fluid Milk Manufacturing 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
2023 6.8 3.5 23 0 0
2022 6.8 5.6 22 0 0
2021 4.8 3.5 14 1 0
2020 3.4 2.8 11 0 0
2019 5.0 3.8 17 0 1
2018 5.5 3.7 18 0 0
2017 3.0 2.0 9 0 0
2016 8.6 6.8 24 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311511 · NY · Friendship

457 Fluid Milk Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 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 Saputo Cheese Reedsburg 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6962-SWY 0045 8409 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Garelick NJ - Burlington 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFA-RBS-RICHMOND IN 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE SF - Suffern CDC/CSC 331 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1830 331 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2146 331 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1.14E+26 331 FTE
NAT-TCR Summerwinds Tatum 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR The Waters on Mayowood 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Xenia Foundry 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pridgeon and Clay 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arcosa Marine Products, Inc. Plant #1075 331 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ducommun - Appleton 331 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amtpa (Lcs) 331 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dee Zee Main 331 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: 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.