Processed cheeses manufacturing · Wisconsin

Welcome Dairy, LLC

Name: Welcome Dairy, LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Colby, WI · ~246 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Welcome Dairy, LLC runs at 301% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Processed cheeses manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Welcome Dairy, LLC: 9.9 TCR = 301% of Processed cheeses manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Welcome Dairy, LLC safety composite

Welcome Dairy, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.5

2022→2023

Welcome Dairy, LLC injury rate improved

Welcome Dairy, LLC's TCR fell 1.5 from 10.7 in 2022 to 9.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=10.7 · 2023=9.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Colby, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 301% of ind

DART 6.2 DART
RANK #153/171
PHOTO Pennland Pure
BOOK 2y book
INJ 50 inj
SIZE ~246 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pennland Pure (0.1 TCR gap)

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Wisconsin Chee

10.1
Pennland Pure

10
This site

9.9
Prairie Farms

9.9
Sartori Cheese

9.8

What this shows Welcome Dairy, LLC averages 9.9 TCR (301% of the Processed cheeses manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Welcome Dairy, LLC TCR series: 2022=10.7 · 2023=9.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Welcome Dairy, LLC falls in its industry

377 Processed cheeses manufacturin establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #153 safest of 171 Processed cheeses manufacturin employers in Wisconsin.

Welcome Dairy, LLC (246 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Welcome Dairy, LLC has more employees than the Processed cheeses manufacturing median and a higher 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
2023	9.2	6.2	23	2	0
2022	10.7	9.1	27	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · WI · Colby

377 Processed cheeses manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 8 employers in Colby, 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	Pennland Pure	HANCOCK, MD	10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Prairie Farms Dairy - Mindoro	MINDORO, WI	9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sartori Cheese	ANTIGO, WI	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wisconsin Cheese Group - Monticello Manufucturing & Packaging Facility	MONTICELLO, WI	10.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Whitewater	WHITEWATER	246 FTE
STATE-SIZE	American Phoenix, Inc. - Eau Claire	EAU CLAIRE	246 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Jagemann Stamping Co	MANITOWOC	246 FTE
STATE-SIZE	EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc. Pleasant Prairie	PLEASANT PRAIRIE	246 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Loos Machine and Automation LLC	Colby	139 FTE
CITY-NEAR	COLBY, WI	Colby	97 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Colby Metal, Inc.	Colby	65 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kelley Supply Inc	Colby	42 FTE
NAT-TCR	Springfield Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co	Springfield, IL	9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	GAMMZ Logistics LLC	Franklin, MA	9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Western Dairy Transport-Ulysses	Ulysses, KS	9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	NRP Jones, LLC	Nephi, UT	9.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	L&M Radiator	Hibbing, MN	246 FTE
NAT-SIZE	North America : Venice	Venice, FL	246 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Premier Truck Group of south Dallas	Dallas, TX	246 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Bosworth Company, Midland, TX	Midland, TX	246 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: 2023, 2022. 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.