Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing · California
Saputo-Levin
Tulare, CA · ~267 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Saputo-Levin runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Saputo-Levin: 4.6 TCR = 139% of Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Saputo-Levin safety composite
Saputo-Levin scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% 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
−3.1
2019→2024
Saputo-Levin injury rate improved
Saputo-Levin's TCR fell 3.1 from 6.4 in 2019 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=6.4 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=3.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Tulare, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 139% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #18/36
- PHOTO Foremost Farms USA (…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 66 inj
- SIZE ~267 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Foremost Farms USA (Clayton, WI) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Saputo-Levin in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Saputo-Levin
4.6 TCR
- Foremost Farms
Foremost Farms USA (Clayton, WI)
4.6 TCR
- MWC, LLC
MWC, LLC
4.6 TCR
- Arla Foods Hol
Arla Foods Hollandtown
4.6 TCR
- Chili, WI
Chili, WI
4.6 TCR
What this shows Saputo-Levin averages 4.6 TCR (139% of the Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Saputo-Levin TCR series: 2019=6.4 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Saputo-Levin falls in its industry
377 Cheese, natural (except cottag establishmentsSafer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 36 Cheese, natural (except cottag employers in California.
Saputo-Levin has more employees than the Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), median and a lower 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 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · CA · Tulare
377 Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 130 employers in Tulare, 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 | Foremost Farms USA (Clayton, WI) | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MWC, LLC | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Arla Foods Hollandtown | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chili, WI | 4.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sacramento County Dept. of Transportation | 267 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Urban Concrete, Inc. | 267 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2545 F | 267 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kittrich Corporation | 267 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | United Ag Personnel Management Inc. | 8,764 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cal Enterprise Labor Solutions, Inc. | 5,974 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Golden State Ag Services, Inc. | 5,846 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | United Labor Services, Inc. | 2,845 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Flex_O-Glass | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chief Petroleum | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Marriott OceanWatch | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Quincy IL FXFE-QCY | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Winston Salem, NC | 267 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mom's Meals North Jackson Fulfillment | 267 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0815 - Sawgrass | 267 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1382 - New Tampa | 267 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.