Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Specialty Cheese Company Inc
Reeseville, WI · ~245 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Specialty Cheese Company Inc runs at 255% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Specialty Cheese Company Inc: 8.4 TCR = 255% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Specialty Cheese Company Inc safety composite
Specialty Cheese Company Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% 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
−8.6
2016→2024
Specialty Cheese Company Inc injury rate improved
Specialty Cheese Company Inc's TCR fell 8.6 from 11.4 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=11.4 · 2017=12.4 · 2018=15.2 · 2019=11.1 · 2020=10.7 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Reeseville, WI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 255% of ind
- DART 1.8 DART
- RANK #135/171
- PHOTO Yancey's Fancy/Brick…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 117 inj
- SIZE ~245 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Yancey's Fancy/Brickhouse Road Factory (0.0 TCR gap)
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Specialty Cheese Company Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Wisconsin Chee
Wisconsin Cheese Group - Manufacturing Facility
8.5 TCR
- This site
Specialty Cheese Company Inc
8.4 TCR
- Yancey's Fancy
Yancey's Fancy/Brickhouse Road Factory
8.4 TCR
- Maplebrook Far
Maplebrook Farm Water Street
8.4 TCR
- Freedom
Freedom
8.4 TCR
What this shows Specialty Cheese Company Inc averages 8.4 TCR (255% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Specialty Cheese Company Inc TCR series: 2016=11.4 · 2017=12.4 · 2018=15.2 · 2019=11.1 · 2020=10.7 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Specialty Cheese Company Inc falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #135 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.
Specialty Cheese Company Inc has more employees than the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufactu median and a higher 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 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.7 | 8.5 | 17 | 8 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 15.2 | 14.7 | 28 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · WI · Reeseville
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 4 employers in Reeseville, WI · 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 | Yancey's Fancy/Brickhouse Road Factory | 8.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wisconsin Cheese Group - Manufacturing Facility | 8.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Maplebrook Farm Water Street | 8.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Freedom | 8.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Genex Field | 245 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Royle Printing | 245 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sharp Packaging by Pregis | 245 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Maysteel Industries LLC | 245 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Caine Warehousing, LTD. | 39 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Midwest General Repair and Fabrication | 26 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Midwest Welding and Manufacturing | 21 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Clarity Output Solutions | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2236 - Phoenix 7th Street and Bell | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Keystone RV Company - Plant 19 | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Solid Surfaces NY Rochester | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | K-Five Construction Corporation | 245 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Grinnell | 245 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | West Virginia's Choice - Parkersburg | 245 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | OMNI Highway 1 Facility | 245 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.