Salad dressings manufacturing · Wisconsin

Ventura Foods Waukesha

Name: Ventura Foods Waukesha Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Waukesha, WI · ~183 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.3
Avg TCR: 4.1
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ventura Foods Waukesha runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Salad dressings manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Ventura Foods Waukesha: 3.3 TCR = 80% of Salad dressings manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ventura Foods Waukesha safety composite

Ventura Foods Waukesha scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

Ventura Foods Waukesha: 2.8 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2017

Ventura Foods Waukesha's TCR rose 0.9 from 2.8 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311941 · Waukesha, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 80% of ind

DART 2.9 DART
RANK #3/6
PHOTO United Foods Interna…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 15 inj
SIZE ~183 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: United Foods International USA Inc. 23447 Cabot (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Ventura Foods Waukesha averages 3.3 TCR (80% of the Salad dressings manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Ventura Foods Waukesha TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=3.8 · BLS 4.1

Where Ventura Foods Waukesha falls in its industry

134 Salad dressings manufacturing establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Salad dressings manufacturing employers in Wisconsin.

Ventura Foods Waukesha (183 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Ventura Foods Waukesha has more employees than the Salad dressings manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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	3.8	2.9	9	0	0
2016	2.8	2.4	6	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311941 · WI · Waukesha

134 Salad dressings manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 285 employers in Waukesha, 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	United Foods International USA Inc. 23447 Cabot	HAYWARD, CA	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kraft Heinz Company	CHAMPAIGN, IL	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ventura Foods	THORNTON, IL	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kens Foods	LAS VEGAS, ID	3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Markesan	MARKESAN	183 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper	SHAWANO	183 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HENTZEN COATINGS, INC. MILWAUKEE	MILWAUKEE	183 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hartford Finishing West	HARTFORD	183 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Waukesha Memorial Hospital	Waukesha	2,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Generac-Waukesha	Waukesha	1,387 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GEHC : Waukesha WI (WSO), HCS	Waukesha	1,384 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Generac Power Systems, Inc.	Waukesha	1,090 FTE
NAT-TCR	AMI	Corona, CA	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Oldcastle OPI - Avon	Avon, CT	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	D1 - Wilmington Bedding/Dinning	Wilmington, DE	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Saddle Brook, NJ	Saddle Brook, NJ	3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	St. Camillus Health Center	Whitinsville, MA	183 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Midwest Detasseling, LLC	Winter Haven, FL	183 FTE
NAT-SIZE	II - Central Islip CDC/CSC	Central Islip, NY	183 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DLP Services, LLC	Las Vegas, NV	183 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.

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