Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants · Wisconsin

Strauss Brands Inc

Name: Strauss Brands Inc Workplace Safety Data
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Franklin, WI · ~222 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Strauss Brands Inc runs at 211% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants workplace, earning a grade F.

Strauss Brands Inc: 7.0 TCR = 211% of Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Strauss Brands Inc safety composite

Strauss Brands Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 55% 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers
Fatalities: C 0

Safer than 55% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Strauss Brands Inc: 2.7 → 6.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 11.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2023

Strauss Brands Inc's TCR rose 3.8 from 2.7 in 2018 to 6.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311611 · Franklin, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 211% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #11/13
PHOTO Midwest Research Swi…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 40 inj
SIZE ~222 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Midwest Research Swine, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Strauss Brands Inc averages 7.0 TCR (211% of the Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants BLS benchmark).

Strauss Brands Inc TCR series: 2018=2.7 · 2021=11.6 · 2023=6.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Strauss Brands Inc falls in its industry

212 Meats fresh, chilled or frozen establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 13 Meats fresh, chilled or frozen employers in Wisconsin.

Strauss Brands Inc (222 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Strauss Brands Inc has fewer employees than the Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except p median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2023	6.5	3.0	10	1
2021	11.6	7.6	21	2
2018	2.7	1.8	9	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311611 · WI · Franklin

212 Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 81 employers in Franklin, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Midwest Research Swine, LLC	GLENCOE, MN	6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Iowa Premium	TAMA, IA	7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	New Angus, LLC dba DemKota Ranch Beef	ABERDEEN, SD	7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Joslin Plant	HILLSDALE, IL	6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Sun Prairie Plant/Office/Garage	SUN PRAIRIE	222 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rise Baking Company	RIVER FALLS	222 FTE
STATE-SIZE	FGS WI LLC	MILTON	222 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BlueScope Buildings	EVANSVILLE	222 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Salute Mission Critical, LLC	Franklin	799 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Krones	Franklin	769 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Franklin Public Schools	Franklin	640 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1855-WIMIL90	Franklin	569 FTE
NAT-TCR	Medora Landfill and Refuse Hauling	Medora, IN	7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Massana Construction	Tyrone, GA	7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	TMC Industries Inc.	Waconia, MN	7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Quality Custom Distribution	Romeoville, IL	7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	The Grand Healthcare	Chittenango, NY	222 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big West Oil Refinery	North Salt Lake, UT	222 FTE
NAT-SIZE	AAF Flanders Momence	Momence, IL	222 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Boise Consumer Cooperative	Boise, ID	222 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2023, 2021, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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