Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Illinois
Schuman Cheese Elgin
Elgin, IL · ~440 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Schuman Cheese Elgin runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Schuman Cheese Elgin: 3.4 TCR = 103% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Schuman Cheese Elgin safety composite
Schuman Cheese Elgin scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
65/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 70% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% 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
−4.2
2016→2023
Schuman Cheese Elgin injury rate improved
Schuman Cheese Elgin's TCR fell 4.2 from 5.9 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.9 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=1.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Elgin, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 103% of ind
- DART 1.5 DART
- RANK #5/8
- PHOTO Dairy State Cheese LLC
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 122 inj
- SIZE ~440 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Dairy State Cheese LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Schuman Cheese Elgin in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Schuman Cheese Elgin
3.4 TCR
- Dairy State Ch
Dairy State Cheese LLC
3.4 TCR
- Saputo Cheese_
Saputo Cheese_Green Bay
3.4 TCR
- BelGioioso Che
BelGioioso Cheese - New Denmark
3.4 TCR
- Mullins Cheese
Mullins Cheese
3.4 TCR
What this shows Schuman Cheese Elgin averages 3.4 TCR (103% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Schuman Cheese Elgin TCR series: 2016=5.9 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=3 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=1.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Schuman Cheese Elgin falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 8 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Illinois.
Schuman Cheese Elgin has more employees than the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufactu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 38 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · IL · Elgin
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 250 employers in Elgin, IL · 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 | Dairy State Cheese LLC | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Saputo Cheese_Green Bay | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BelGioioso Cheese - New Denmark | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mullins Cheese | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BUNN - Stevenson Drive | 440 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Illinois CancerCare | 440 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | John G. Shedd Aquarium | 440 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Danfoss LLC | 439 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Advocate Sherman Hospital | 1,717 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son | 987 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Elgin | 986 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin | 774 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Mara Restoration, Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Avon Protection Systems, Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Miller Transportation Inc | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lehner Screw Machine | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | UST Select, Inc | 440 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lake Region Medical, Inc. | 440 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sysco Cleveland | 440 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 27-11 49th Avenue | 440 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.