Alfalfa prepared as feed for animals · Colorado

Cargill Nutrition Sterling

Sterling, CO · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cargill Nutrition Sterling runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Alfalfa prepared as feed for animals workplace, earning a grade D.

Cargill Nutrition Sterling: 4.9 TCR = 125% of Alfalfa prepared as feed for animals BLS 3.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cargill Nutrition Sterling safety composite

Cargill Nutrition Sterling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−0.9

2021→2022

Cargill Nutrition Sterling injury rate improved

Cargill Nutrition Sterling's TCR fell 0.9 from 5.3 in 2021 to 4.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.3 · 2022=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Sterling, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 125% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #7/12
  • PHOTO Tillamook
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tillamook (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cargill Nutrition Sterling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cargill Nutrition Sterling averages 4.9 TCR (125% of the Alfalfa prepared as feed for animals BLS benchmark).

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

Cargill Nutrition Sterling TCR series: 2021=5.3 · 2022=4.4 · BLS 3.9

Where Cargill Nutrition Sterling falls in its industry

756 Alfalfa prepared as feed for a establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 12 Alfalfa prepared as feed for a employers in Colorado.

Cargill Nutrition Sterling (21 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cargill Nutrition Sterling
Cargill Nutrition Sterling (21 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Cargill Nutrition Sterling has fewer employees than the Alfalfa prepared as feed for animals median and a higher 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
2022 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2021 5.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · CO · Sterling

756 Alfalfa prepared as feed for animals 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 Tillamook 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vita Plus (Madison Distribution Center) 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alltech Baconton 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anderson Hay & Grain Co., Inc. - Aurora, OR 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sacred Seed 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE NGL WATER SOLUTIONS, LLC-C3 LASALLE 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE WGW Golden West Wind 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHE - Canon City Utility Dr (CO008) 21 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 1079 - Southwest Tucson Az Whse 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 0669 - Southlake Tx Whse 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZWLS 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Salem 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Anderson Restoration, LLC 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Via-Tech Corp. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riverplace 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Above and Beyond LLC 21 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.