Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin

The Deli Source, LLC

Name: The Deli Source, LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Waterloo, WI · ~37 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

The Deli Source, LLC runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

The Deli Source, LLC: 1.6 TCR = 49% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Deli Source, LLC safety composite

The Deli Source, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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).

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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%).

Rising injury rate

The Deli Source, LLC: 0.0 → 3.2 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2022

The Deli Source, LLC's TCR rose 3.2 from 0.0 in 2019 to 3.2 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Waterloo, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 49% of ind

DART 3.2 DART
RANK #8/171
PHOTO Mullins Cheese Knowl…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mullins Cheese Knowlton (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.6
Mullins Cheese

1.6
Fairview Plant

1.6
Schreiber Food

1.6
Bel Brands USA

1.6

What this shows The Deli Source, LLC averages 1.6 TCR (49% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

The Deli Source, LLC TCR series: 2019=0 · 2022=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where The Deli Source, LLC falls in its industry

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.

The Deli Source, LLC (37 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

The Deli Source, LLC has fewer 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
2022	3.2	3.2	1	0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · WI · Waterloo

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 11 employers in Waterloo, 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	Mullins Cheese Knowlton	MOSINEE, WI	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fairview Plant	CARTHAGE, MO	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Schreiber Foods Monett	MONETT, MO	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bel Brands USA	LITTLE CHUTE, WI	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Habelman Bros. Company	TOMAH	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lamers Dairy, Inc	APPLETON	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wissota Hydro Plant	CHIPPEWA FALLS	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Stevens Point	PLOVER	37 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sheehy Mail Contractors	Waterloo	221 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Waterloo	Waterloo	148 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McKay Nursery Company	Waterloo	144 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sussek Machine Company	Waterloo	127 FTE
NAT-TCR	JH Lynch & Sons Inc - Cumberland	Cumberland, RI	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Concentric Power	Greensboro, NC	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	buybuy Baby Humble	Humble, TX	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Corrosion Monitoring Services	St Charles, IL	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Walrath Heating & Air Conditioning Co., Inc.	Lakewood, CO	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Molly Maid of the Treasure Coast	Stuart, FL	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Level Five LLC	Kirkland, WA	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dominican University	River Forest, IL	37 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: 2022, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.