Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing · Florida

Sunshine State Dairy Farms, LLC

Plant City, FL · ~96 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sunshine State Dairy Farms, LLC runs at 277% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Sunshine State Dairy Farms, LLC: 9.1 TCR = 277% of Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sunshine State Dairy Farms, LLC safety composite

Sunshine State Dairy Farms, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.5

2016→2017

Sunshine State Dairy Farms, LLC injury rate improved

Sunshine State Dairy Farms, LLC's TCR fell 3.5 from 10.9 in 2016 to 7.4 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.9 · 2017=7.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311511 · Plant City, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.1 · 277% of ind

  • DART 7.4 DART
  • RANK #16/19
  • PHOTO 6400-SWY-0045-0045-0…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6400-SWY-0045-0045-08403 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sunshine State Dairy Farms, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Sunshine State Dairy Farms, LLC averages 9.1 TCR (277% of the Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Sunshine State Dairy Farms, LLC TCR series: 2016=10.9 · 2017=7.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Sunshine State Dairy Farms, LLC falls in its industry

457 Milk processing (e.g., bottlin establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 19 Milk processing (e.g., bottlin employers in Florida.

Sunshine State Dairy Farms, LLC (96 employees, TCR 9.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sunshine State Dairy Farms, LLC
Sunshine State Dairy Farms, LLC (96 employees, TCR 9.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Sunshine State Dairy Farms, LLC has fewer employees than the Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogen median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2017 7.4 7.4 5 0 0
2016 10.9 8.7 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311511 · FL · Plant City

457 Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 135 employers in Plant City, FL · 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 6400-SWY-0045-0045-08403 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kemps Minneapolis Milk 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFA-OHD-PORTLAND ME-364 FOREST AVE 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6400-SWY 0045 8404 9.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sauer Incorporated 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE JGR Construction, Inc 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE McLeod Land & Equipment, Inc. 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE BU 3462 - FDOT-I-275 Sect 7_PH 1-Tampa 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Florida Baptist Hospital (5105) 999 FTE
CITY-NEAR FL-PLANT01 703 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plant City 520 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plant City - F040 502 FTE
NAT-TCR Canadochly Rebar Supply 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Aurora (Ilosw) 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR North Star Rehabilitation and Care Community 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Alfred Univ-Powell Cafe (James)** 9.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Peapod S&S East Hartford, Ct 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Acuity Brands Lighting MWDC 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3311 Capital Boulevard 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Praters 96 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.