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

United Dairy

Martins Ferry, OH · ~170 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

United Dairy runs at 197% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

United Dairy: 6.5 TCR = 197% of Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

United Dairy safety composite

United Dairy scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

Rising injury rate

United Dairy: 4.2 → 8.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.08× in 2024

United Dairy's TCR rose 4.6 from 4.2 in 2023 to 8.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311511 · Martins Ferry, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 197% of ind

  • DART 7.0 DART
  • RANK #18/20
  • PHOTO FDD HO - Green (SFG)
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~170 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FDD HO - Green (SFG) (0.0 TCR gap)

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United Dairy in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows United Dairy averages 6.5 TCR (197% 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

United Dairy TCR series: 2023=4.2 · 2024=8.8 · BLS 3.3

Where United Dairy falls in its industry

457 Milk processing (e.g., bottlin establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 20 Milk processing (e.g., bottlin employers in Ohio.

United Dairy (170 employees, TCR 6.5) 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 United Dairy
United Dairy (170 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5

United Dairy has more 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
2024 8.8 7.0 19 6 0
2023 4.2 2.5 10 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311511 · OH · Martins Ferry

457 Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 17 employers in Martins Ferry, OH · 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 FDD HO - Green (SFG) 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFA FLUID - SHARPSVILLE PA 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFA FLUID - BILLINGS MT 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darigold - Spokane 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Cottage Gardens, Inc. 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Albany Transmission Op Ctr 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE 104844 - Yellowbud 364MWdc Solar 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE MWC Regional Office 170 FTE
CITY-NEAR EAST OHIO HOSPITAL 436 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Dairy - Martins Ferry 174 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unified Bank 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nickles-Martins Ferry 133 FTE
NAT-TCR Ridgecrest 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Winholt Equipment Corp 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Minneapolis,MN - 263 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Nissan Greenville Parts Distribution Center 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE BEF Foods, INC. - Sulphur Springs 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE Embree Construction 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastern Architectural Systems 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Memorial Healthcare Center 170 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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