Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing · Wisconsin
Star Blends - Sparta
Sparta, WI · ~45 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Star Blends - Sparta runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Star Blends - Sparta: 4.5 TCR = 115% of Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Star Blends - Sparta safety composite
Star Blends - Sparta scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% 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
−8.3
2016→2024
Star Blends - Sparta injury rate improved
Star Blends - Sparta's TCR fell 8.3 from 10.9 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=10.9 · 2017=6.6 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=7.6 · 2020=2.0 · 2021=4.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311119 · Sparta, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 115% of ind
- DART 2.6 DART
- RANK #33/53
- PHOTO Phibro Animal Health…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~45 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Phibro Animal Health Corporation - Quincy (0.0 TCR gap)
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Star Blends - Sparta in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Star Blends - Sparta
4.5 TCR
- Phibro Animal
Phibro Animal Health Corporation - Quincy
4.5 TCR
- FAIRLAND FEED
FAIRLAND FEED MILL
4.5 TCR
- Garner Product
Garner Production
4.5 TCR
- Carthage East
Carthage East Mill
4.5 TCR
What this shows Star Blends - Sparta averages 4.5 TCR (115% of the Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Star Blends - Sparta TCR series: 2016=10.9 · 2017=6.6 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=7.6 · 2020=2 · 2021=4.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.9
Where Star Blends - Sparta falls in its industry
756 Animal feed mills (except dog establishmentsSafer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 53 Animal feed mills (except dog employers in Wisconsin.
Star Blends - Sparta has more employees than the Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311119 · WI · Sparta
756 Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 44 employers in Sparta, 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 | Phibro Animal Health Corporation - Quincy | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FAIRLAND FEED MILL | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Garner Production | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Carthage East Mill | 4.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Denmark Dairy LLC | 45 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Plover #205 Farms | 45 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc | 45 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Babcock, WI Receiving Station | 45 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sparta Area School District | 587 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mathews Archery, Inc | 345 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northern Engraving Corporation | 321 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Plant Four | 307 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ozark Health | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brenham 01 | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Food Service | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Muxie Distributing Co. | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Flatiron #723 | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Indianapolis A Division of the Oscar Winski company | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ACA | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Eddy pond East | 45 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.