Buttermilk manufacturing · Connecticut

Saputo Dairy Foods, USA

Name: Saputo Dairy Foods, USA Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Newington, CT · ~125 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Saputo Dairy Foods, USA runs at 201% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Buttermilk manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Saputo Dairy Foods, USA: 6.6 TCR = 201% of Buttermilk manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Saputo Dairy Foods, USA safety composite

Saputo Dairy Foods, USA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers
DART rate: B 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−11.7

2018→2022

Saputo Dairy Foods, USA injury rate improved

Saputo Dairy Foods, USA's TCR fell 11.7 from 14.7 in 2018 to 3.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 14.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=14.7 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311511 · Newington, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 201% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK P26
PHOTO Milk Plant
BOOK 4y book
INJ 34 inj
SIZE ~125 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Milk Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Milk Plant

6.7
Cumberland Dai

6.7
Country Fresh

6.7
This site

6.6
DFA FLUID - CH

6.6

What this shows Saputo Dairy Foods, USA averages 6.6 TCR (201% of the Buttermilk manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Saputo Dairy Foods, USA TCR series: 2018=14.7 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=4 · 2022=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Saputo Dairy Foods, USA falls in its industry

457 Buttermilk manufacturing establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Saputo Dairy Foods, USA (125 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Saputo Dairy Foods, USA has fewer employees than the Buttermilk 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
2022	3.0	1.5	4
2021	4.0	1.6	5
2020	4.9	4.9	6
2018	14.7	10.0	19

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311511 · CT · Newington

457 Buttermilk manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 85 employers in Newington, CT · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Milk Plant	MANHEIM, PA	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cumberland Dairy - Bridgeton, NJ	BRIDGETON, NJ	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Country Fresh - Jilbert - Marquette - Meeske	MARQUETTE, MI	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DFA FLUID - CHEMUNG IL	HARVARD, IL	6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Standard Plant Group	DANBURY	125 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Building 1	MANCHESTER	125 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cirtec Medical	ENFIELD	125 FTE
STATE-SIZE	0593 LOWE S OF NEW HAVEN CT	NEW HAVEN	125 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Companions Forever LLC	Newington	406 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CS Wholesale Grocers : Newington, CT (DC)	Newington	322 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stew Leonard's - Newington	Newington	275 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2965	Newington	218 FTE
NAT-TCR	S03840 - MN Sauk Centre	Sauk Centre, MN	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Platinum Steel, LLC	Plainfield, IL	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	LA Nevada, Inc. dba G & G Systems	Las Vegas, NV	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kingsly Compression, Inc.	Cambridge, OH	6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	State Service Co, Inc. Ingleside Yard	Ingleside, TX	125 FTE
NAT-SIZE	American Pavement Systems Inc.	Modesto, CA	125 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Powertherm Maxim	Houston, TX	125 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Signature Building Maintenance, Inc.	Fremont, CA	125 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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