Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Minnesota

Zumbrota, MN

Zumbrota, MN · ~143 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zumbrota, MN runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Zumbrota, MN: 3.0 TCR = 91% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zumbrota, MN safety composite

Zumbrota, MN scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−0.8

2017→2021

Zumbrota, MN injury rate improved

Zumbrota, MN's TCR fell 0.8 from 4.3 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.3 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311513 · Zumbrota, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 91% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #4/24
  • PHOTO Foremost Farms USA (…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~143 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Foremost Farms USA (Appleton, WI) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zumbrota, MN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zumbrota, MN averages 3.0 TCR (91% 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

Zumbrota, MN TCR series: 2017=4.3 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Zumbrota, MN falls in its industry

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 24 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Minnesota.

Zumbrota, MN (143 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 Zumbrota, MN
Zumbrota, MN (143 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Zumbrota, MN has more 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 3.5 0.7 5 0 0
2020 2.6 2.0 4 0 0
2019 1.5 0.7 2 0 0
2017 4.3 2.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311513 · MN · Zumbrota

377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 22 employers in Zumbrota, MN · 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 Foremost Farms USA (Appleton, WI) 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saputo Paige 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Biery Cheese Company Plover 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ingredients - DC - Cheese- Chili WI 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Novel Energy Solutions L.L.C. 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electronic Communication Systems LLC 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Weidner Plumbing and Heating Company 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE McC Corporate Office 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN 163 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zumbrota Health Services 89 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zumbrota Drivetrain 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR High School 69 FTE
NAT-TCR Dept. of Health & Social Services (33) 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 4813-48130007-Freeman Av Las Vegas 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Parkview Medical Community-(PPG-OH) 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Magco, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE AmTech, LLC 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Niles Industrial Coatings LLC 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Agriculture, Wghts & Meas. 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Revolve Management Company LLC 143 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, 2017. 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.