Dairy Farm · Indiana

Benton Dairy LLC

Ambia, IN · ~42 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Benton Dairy LLC runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dairy Farm workplace, earning a grade D.

Benton Dairy LLC: 7.4 TCR = 164% of Dairy Farm BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Benton Dairy LLC safety composite

Benton Dairy LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 46% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−3.3

2017→2024

Benton Dairy LLC injury rate improved

Benton Dairy LLC's TCR fell 3.3 from 9.6 in 2017 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.6 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=9.8 · 2021=12.7 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112120 · Ambia, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.4 · 164% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #8/12
  • PHOTO Lochmead Farms
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lochmead Farms (0.0 TCR gap)

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Benton Dairy LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Benton Dairy LLC averages 7.4 TCR (164% of the Dairy Farm BLS benchmark).

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

Benton Dairy LLC TCR series: 2017=9.6 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=4 · 2020=9.8 · 2021=12.7 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Benton Dairy LLC falls in its industry

530 Dairy Farm establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 12 Dairy Farm employers in Indiana.

Benton Dairy LLC (42 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Benton Dairy LLC
Benton Dairy LLC (42 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Benton Dairy LLC has more employees than the Dairy Farm median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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
2024 6.3 3.2 4 0 0
2023 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2022 8.3 5.0 5 0 0
2021 12.7 9.5 8 0 0
2020 9.8 4.9 6 0 0
2019 4.0 2.7 3 0 0
2018 6.5 1.3 5 0 0
2017 9.6 6.9 7 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112120 · IN · Ambia

530 Dairy Farm employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana 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 Lochmead Farms 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maddox Dairy 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR W3855 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR P7, LLC 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Feather Crest Farm 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Orange County REMC 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mid-States Construction Inc. 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE O&M Indiana Steel 42 FTE
NAT-TCR San Jose Distribution Services Inc 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Uni-Fab Industries, Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Fortes Brothers Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Dempsey Uniform and Linen Supply Inc 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE M F & H Textiles, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grand Blanc Cement Products, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE CIPA USA Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metro Biosolids Center 42 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.