Milk production, dairy cattle · New Mexico

Brand West Dairy

Lovington, NM · ~65 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Brand West Dairy runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Milk production, dairy cattle workplace, earning a grade C.

Brand West Dairy: 5.0 TCR = 111% of Milk production, dairy cattle BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brand West Dairy safety composite

Brand West Dairy scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−7.3

2017→2024

Brand West Dairy injury rate improved

Brand West Dairy's TCR fell 7.3 from 10.7 in 2017 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.7 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112120 · Lovington, NM ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 5.0 · 111% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #2/6
  • PHOTO John DeGroot & Son
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 47 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: John DeGroot & Son (0.0 TCR gap)

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Brand West Dairy in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Brand West Dairy averages 5.0 TCR (111% of the Milk production, dairy cattle BLS benchmark).

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

Brand West Dairy TCR series: 2017=10.7 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Brand West Dairy falls in its industry

530 Milk production, dairy cattle establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Mexico alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Milk production, dairy cattle employers in New Mexico.

Brand West Dairy (65 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 Brand West Dairy
Brand West Dairy (65 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Brand West Dairy has more employees than the Milk production, dairy cattle median and a lower 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 3.4 3.4 4 0 0
2023 2.5 2.5 3 0 0
2022 3.6 1.8 4 0 0
2021 4.7 4.7 5 0 0
2020 2.8 2.8 3 0 0
2019 4.2 4.2 5 0 0
2018 8.2 8.2 10 0 0
2017 10.7 7.4 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112120 · NM · Lovington

530 Milk production, dairy cattle employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,241 rated employers in New Mexico with headcount on file · 7 employers in Lovington, NM · 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 John DeGroot & Son 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR R Doornenbal Dairy 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Synergy LLC 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pinnacle Dairy LLC 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 780 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE ABC Roswell 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE 017-CLOVIS 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE 340138-ABQ-MANZANO STA 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR D & L Meters & Instrument Service, Inc. 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Dairy Transport-Lovington 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buckeye 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR 05420 STORE 05420 28 FTE
NAT-TCR C75 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 187 - Doral 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CAS002 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CAL002 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE C532 Greenville 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parkway Village Inc 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Lift Trucks San Francisco 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hydraulic Tubes & Fittings, LLC 65 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.