Cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) · Kansas

Hefier Source, LLC

Liberal, KS · ~28 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hefier Source, LLC runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) workplace, earning a grade D.

Hefier Source, LLC: 5.8 TCR = 128% of Cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hefier Source, LLC safety composite

Hefier Source, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−15.1

2016→2022

Hefier Source, LLC injury rate improved

Hefier Source, LLC's TCR fell 15.1 from 15.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 15.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.1 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=5.0 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112112 · Liberal, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 128% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #21/50
  • PHOTO Decatur County Beef,…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Decatur County Beef, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hefier Source, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hefier Source, LLC averages 5.8 TCR (128% of the Cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) BLS benchmark).

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

Hefier Source, LLC TCR series: 2016=15.1 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=5 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Hefier Source, LLC falls in its industry

165 Cattle feedlots (except stocky establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 50 Cattle feedlots (except stocky employers in Kansas.

Hefier Source, LLC (28 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 5.4 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 020406080100 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Hefier Source, LLC
Hefier Source, LLC (28 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Hefier Source, LLC has fewer employees than the Cattle feedlots (except stockyards for t median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2020 7.5 0.0 3 0 0
2019 5.0 2.5 2 0 0
2018 5.4 2.7 2 0 0
2017 4.7 4.7 2 0 0
2016 15.1 12.6 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112112 · KS · Liberal

165 Cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 34 employers in Liberal, KS · 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 Decatur County Beef, LLC 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cri Feeders of Guymon, LLC 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Plains Cattle Company LLC - kismet 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ward Feed Yard 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brookover Ranch Feed Yard 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Satanta Farms North #2 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brookover Feed Yard Scott City 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE MasCow Dairy, LLC 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR National Beef Packing Company 3,181 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southwest Medical Center 530 FTE
CITY-NEAR NCI - LIBERAL 456 FTE
CITY-NEAR 799 313 FTE
NAT-TCR PSSI - 0604 Tyson Foods Inc. - Blountsville 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 5095 - VA City of Roanoke 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Busse/SJI LLC 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR PHA Body Systems LLC 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Webster House 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ktec Col 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tf Cable Americas 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE WESTFIELD 28 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.