Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin

Wiskerchen Cheese Inc.

Auburndale, WI · ~121 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wiskerchen Cheese Inc. runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Wiskerchen Cheese Inc.: 4.7 TCR = 143% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wiskerchen Cheese Inc. safety composite

Wiskerchen Cheese Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

Wiskerchen Cheese Inc. held a steady TCR band

Wiskerchen Cheese Inc.'s TCR held near 0.3 from 4.7 in 2017 to 5.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.7 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=6.8 · 2021=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 143% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #72/171
  • PHOTO Logan plant
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Logan plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wiskerchen Cheese Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wiskerchen Cheese Inc. averages 4.7 TCR (143% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Wiskerchen Cheese Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.7 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=6.8 · 2021=5 · BLS 3.3

Where Wiskerchen Cheese Inc. falls in its industry

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #72 safest of 171 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Wisconsin.

Wiskerchen Cheese Inc. (121 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Wiskerchen Cheese Inc.
Wiskerchen Cheese Inc. (121 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Wiskerchen Cheese Inc. 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
2021 5.0 3.3 6 0 0
2020 6.8 5.1 4 4 0
2019 3.3 1.7 3 1 0
2018 3.9 2.3 5 0 0
2017 4.7 3.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · WI · Auburndale

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 5 employers in Auburndale, WI · 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 Logan plant 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ingredients - Cheese - Hummelstown PA 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lactalis USA Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR AFP New Holland 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lindus Construction/Midwest Leafguard 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scott Construction Inc. 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trierweiler Construction Supply Co.,Inc. 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corcoran Glass & Paint inc. 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Auburndale 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Auburndale Feed, Grain, an Agronomy 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR Auburndale Feed Mill 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Engineered Specialties, LLC 27 FTE
NAT-TCR Garden Spring Center 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Facility 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ogden City - Public Safety 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Kisachie Midnight Express 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Plainfield Health Care Center 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manna Pro Corporate/Sales 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Azria Health Montclair 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE TGH Transplant & Surgical Services 121 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.