Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing · Colorado
Cargill Animal Nutrition - Sterling
Sterling, CO · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cargill Animal Nutrition - Sterling runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Cargill Animal Nutrition - Sterling: 1.9 TCR = 49% of Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cargill Animal Nutrition - Sterling safety composite
Cargill Animal Nutrition - Sterling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Cargill Animal Nutrition - Sterling: 0.0 → 3.8 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024
Cargill Animal Nutrition - Sterling's TCR rose 3.8 from 0.0 in 2023 to 3.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311119 · Sterling, CO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 49% of ind
- DART 3.8 DART
- RANK #3/12
- PHOTO Agfinity Inc (Eaton …
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~24 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Agfinity Inc (Eaton Feed Mill) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Cargill Animal Nutrition - Sterling in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Cargill Animal Nutrition - Sterling
1.9 TCR
- Agfinity Inc (
Agfinity Inc (Eaton Feed Mill)
1.9 TCR
- Crescent Feed
Crescent Feed Co
1.9 TCR
- Hoober Feeds
Hoober Feeds
1.9 TCR
- Cargill Animal
Cargill Animal Nutrition
1.9 TCR
What this shows Cargill Animal Nutrition - Sterling averages 1.9 TCR (49% of the Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Cargill Animal Nutrition - Sterling TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.9
Where Cargill Animal Nutrition - Sterling falls in its industry
756 Animal feed mills (except dog establishmentsSafer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 12 Animal feed mills (except dog employers in Colorado.
Cargill Animal Nutrition - Sterling has fewer employees than the Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311119 · CO · Sterling
756 Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 29 employers in Sterling, CO · 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 | Agfinity Inc (Eaton Feed Mill) | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Crescent Feed Co | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hoober Feeds | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cargill Animal Nutrition | 1.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Fort Morgan Division | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NGL WATER SOLUTIONS, LLC-C9 GROVER | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1555 BLAKE SUITE 400 DENVER CO | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1200 11th Ave Greeley CO | 24 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 924 | 300 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 924 | 299 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nichols Tillage Tools, Inc. - CO | 139 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nichols Tillage Tools | 131 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Evergreen Siteworks LLC | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | El Paso Emergency Squad | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mon Valley Electric, Inc. | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Maxwell Hotel | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Central Mass - Webster-Ma09 | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ATTLEBORO-MA04 | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Broadway Body Shop of New Ulm | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 704 Channahon Fire Protection District | 24 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.