Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · California
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company
Willows, CA · ~136 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company: 1.5 TCR = 46% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company safety composite
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% 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).
80/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 93% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 85% 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%).
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company held a steady TCR band
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.1 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=0.1 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Willows, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 46% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #1/36
- PHOTO Bel US/ Cheese MFG: …
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~136 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bel US/ Cheese MFG: Leitchfield KY (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sierra Nevada Cheese Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Litehouse Dair
Litehouse Dairy Facility
1.6 TCR
- MDF Food LLC
MDF Food LLC
1.6 TCR
- Schofield
Schofield
1.6 TCR
- This site
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company
1.5 TCR
- Bel US/ Cheese
Bel US/ Cheese MFG: Leitchfield KY
1.5 TCR
What this shows Sierra Nevada Cheese Company averages 1.5 TCR (46% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company TCR series: 2022=0.1 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Sierra Nevada Cheese Company falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 93% 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 #1 safest of 36 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in California.
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · CA · Willows
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 20 employers in Willows, 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 | Bel US/ Cheese MFG: Leitchfield KY | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Litehouse Dairy Facility | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MDF Food LLC | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Schofield | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | HM Clause - Modesto | 136 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Red Bluff Nursery | 136 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BC LABOR CONTRACTORS, INC. | 136 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Diede Construction | 136 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 622 | 2,413 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Glenn County Personnel | 515 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northern Valley Indian Health | 419 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WILLOWS | 341 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hanvey Engineering | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Scott Street Tomato House, Inc. | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CBG Biotech Ltd | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HW Contracting, LLC | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Holyoke Care Center | 136 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Elk Grove IL Small | 136 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Middleby Residential - Buford, GA | 136 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lexington Cooperative Markets | 136 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.