Industry profile · NAICS 311511

Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing

Workplace injury rates across 452 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024. Average TCR uses the 457 establishments with a credible rate.

452
Employers
5.3
Avg TCR (rated)
3.3
BLS benchmark
13,919
Injuries (all)

TCR, interpreted

Far above average

5.3 avg TCR

The industry picture

According to OSHA ITA filings (2016–2024), Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing ranks #174 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average Total Case Rate (higher TCR = more injuries per 100 workers). The 457 rated employers in Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing average 5.3 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 1.6 times the BLS national benchmark of 3.3.

#174 of 540
corpus TCR rank · ≥100 rated
5.3
avg TCR · rated subset
3.3
BLS national benchmark
457
rated employers

ITA inventory (452) and injury totals cover every reporting establishment; the average TCR is the rated subset only. Corpus rank matches /rankings/most-dangerous-industries (≥100 rated employers). BLS IIF is a separate survey population, see Methodology → Three Populations.

Where Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing sits nationally on injury rate

Average Total Case Rate, industries with ≥100 rated employers

5 Around the middle lower TCR than 32% of 540 industries

Industries, banded by average TCR

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Source OSHA Injury Tracking Application (2016–2024) · 2026-08-25

Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing injury rate, 2016–2024

Industry-average TCR has fallen across this span (5.5 → 4.6) · NAICS 311511

4.555.56 201620172018201920202021202220232024 4.63
OSHA ITA employer_yearly, 2016-2024 · establishments with >=200,000 hours worked and a credible TCR each year (143 in the latest year shown)

What Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing Safety Data Reveals

According to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application (2016–2024), Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing ranks #174 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated establishments by rated-subset average Total Case Rate (same basis as the most-dangerous-industries ranking; higher TCR means more injuries). The Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing sector (NAICS 311511) encompasses 452 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 13,919 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window. The industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 5.3 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year is computed on the 457 establishments with a credible rate (see methodology). Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 3.3 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 5.3 is higher than the BLS benchmark, a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.

The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers, not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.

Employers in this industry, by injury rate

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EmployerLocationGradeAvg TCR
MainTerrell, TXF19.6
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - BuffaloBuffalo, NYF17.8
Open Gates Farmers All Natural CreameryWellman, IAF17.6
6962-SWY-0045-0045-08416San Leandro, CAF17.4
Prairie Farms Dairy - CarlinvilleCarlinville, ILF16.9
Miami Florida FacilityMiami, FLF15.6
Kansas City DistributionKansas City, KSF15.0
Suiza Dairy Corporation AguadillaAguadilla, PRF15.0
United Dairy IncUniontown, PAF14.4
A.B. Munroe Dairy Inc.East Providence, RIF13.8
6400-SWY-0045-0045-08402Denver, COF13.3
6400-Swy 0045 8485Bellevue, WAF12.8
East Side Jersey DairyO Fallon, ILF12.7
FarmersEl Paso, TXF12.6
Agri-Mark Inc/Cabot CreameryWaitsfield, VTF12.6
Southeast Milk, Inc Ultra Filtration PlantBaconton, GAF12.5
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.-PeoriaPeoria, ILF12.4
Hastings Co-op CreameryHastings, MNF12.3
UNC - Rochester Plant & DistributionRochester, NYF12.3
Lochmead Dairy INCJunction City, ORF12.1
Soyfoods of AmericaDuarte, CAF11.7
HP Hood, LLC- ConcordConcord, NHF11.5
Prairie Farms DairyN. America > Usa > Kentucky > Pulaski County > Somerset, KYF11.4
HP Hood, LLC- Barre, VTBarre, VTF11.4
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - RochesterRochester, NYF11.4
Hiland Dairy Omaha PlantOmaha, NEF11.4
Royal Crest Dairy, IncDenver, COF11.4
Smith Brothers Farms KentKent, WAF11.2
258Sunbury, PAF11.2
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - West SenecaWest Seneca, NYF11.1
GH Dairy- GH ProcessingYuma, AZF11.0
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.Olney, ILF11.0
Hastings Creamery LLCHastings, MNF11.0
UNC Buffalo Plant & DistributionCheektowaga, NYF10.9
Ehrmann Commonwealth DairyBrattleboro, VTF10.9
Lifeway Wisconsin, IncWaukesha, WIF10.8
Hp Hood LLCPhiladelphia, PAF10.8
HP Hood- PortlandPortland, MEF10.7
Umpqua Dairy Products RoseburgRoseburg, ORF10.6
Mountainside FarmsRoxbury, NYF10.4
Meadow Gold Great Falls - Great FallsGreat Falls, MTF10.4
Long Life Products, LLCPlant City, FLF10.4
Eberhard'S Dairy ProductsRedmond, ORF10.4
North Charleston South Carolina FacilityNorth Charleston, SCF10.3
Marburger Farm Dairy, INCEvans City, PAF10.3
Dfa-Pds-Pacific MoPacific, MOF10.3
Rutter's DairyYork, PAF10.2
Upstate Farms Dairy LLCSyracuse, NYF10.1
Winter Haven Florida FacilityWinter Haven, FLF10.0
Cowarts FacilityDothan, ALF9.9
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Nationwide industries with similar injury rates or employer scale

Two PlainSafetyScore-derived peer sets for Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing: nearest NAICS cohorts by rated-subset average TCR and by OSHA-reporting employer inventory. These are cross-industry neighborhoods, not the employer list above.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average injury rate (TCR) in Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing?

Across 457 OSHA-reporting establishments with a credible rate, Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing averages 5.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers per year (Total Case Rate, 2016-2024). The BLS national benchmark for this NAICS code is 3.3.

How does Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing compare with other industries nationally?

Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing ranks #174 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average TCR (highest TCR = #1, most dangerous). That places it above 32% of ranked industries by injury rate.

How many employers report in Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing?

452 establishments report to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application under this NAICS code, of which 457 have a credible enough filing history to carry a rated average TCR.

Data sourced from official public datasets, PlainSafetyScore's OSHA ITA / BLS-based industry database (2016-2024). Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore. See our methodology for details.

Working in Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing?

This sector averages 5.3 against a BLS benchmark of 3.3 - but individual employers span the full A-to-F range.

Sector figures use the credible-subset mean across reporting employers; a benchmark is not any single establishment's measured rate.

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.

Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing Safety FAQ

What is the average injury rate (TCR) in Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing?

Across 457 OSHA-reporting establishments with a credible rate, Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing averages 5.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers per year (Total Case Rate, 2016-2024). The BLS national benchmark for this NAICS code is 3.3.

How does Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing compare with other industries nationally?

Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing ranks #174 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average TCR (highest TCR = #1, most dangerous). That places it above 32% of ranked industries by injury rate.

How many employers report in Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing?

452 establishments report to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application under this NAICS code, of which 457 have a credible enough filing history to carry a rated average TCR.