Beef produced in slaughtering plants · Wisconsin

VPP Group, LLC

Norwalk, WI · ~147 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VPP Group, LLC runs at 322% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Beef produced in slaughtering plants workplace, earning a grade F.

VPP Group, LLC: 10.6 TCR = 322% of Beef produced in slaughtering plants BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VPP Group, LLC safety composite

VPP Group, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.0

2016→2019

VPP Group, LLC injury rate improved

VPP Group, LLC's TCR fell 9.0 from 13.8 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 15.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.8 · 2017=15.2 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 10.6 · 322% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #12/13
  • PHOTO Jacksonville Plant (…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 80 inj
  • SIZE ~147 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jacksonville Plant (Bruss) (0.0 TCR gap)

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VPP Group, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VPP Group, LLC averages 10.6 TCR (322% of the Beef produced in slaughtering plants BLS benchmark).

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

VPP Group, LLC TCR series: 2016=13.8 · 2017=15.2 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where VPP Group, LLC falls in its industry

212 Beef produced in slaughtering establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 13 Beef produced in slaughtering employers in Wisconsin.

VPP Group, LLC (147 employees, TCR 10.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate VPP Group, LLC
VPP Group, LLC (147 employees, TCR 10.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3

VPP Group, LLC has fewer employees than the Beef produced in slaughtering plants 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 Fatalities
2019 4.8 3.4 10 0 0
2018 8.7 7.6 17 0 0
2017 15.2 12.0 29 0 0
2016 13.8 10.1 24 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311611 · WI · Norwalk

212 Beef produced in slaughtering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 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 Jacksonville Plant (Bruss) 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edgewood Locker 10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nicholas Meat, LLC 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dietz and Watson Baltimore 10.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE CC&N 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE Klement's Sausage Company, Inc. - Chase Plant 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE Asenzya Inc. 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE MC KAU 147 FTE
NAT-TCR Oregon Plant 901 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Kishwaukee College 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Profile McKenzie Tennessee 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation Hickory Viewmont 10.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Caroline Nursing and Rehabilitation Center LLC 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE APS Bedford Heights 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maintenance 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE A Schulman Inc. 147 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.