Cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) · Kansas

Heifer Source, LLC

Liberal, KS · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Heifer Source, LLC runs at 160% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) workplace, earning a grade D.

Heifer Source, LLC: 7.2 TCR = 160% of Cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Heifer Source, LLC safety composite

Heifer Source, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−2.8

2023→2024

Heifer Source, LLC injury rate improved

Heifer Source, LLC's TCR fell 2.8 from 8.6 in 2023 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=8.6 · 2024=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 7.2 · 160% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #35/50
  • PHOTO Reynolds Creek Calf …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Reynolds Creek Calf Ranch (0.0 TCR gap)

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Heifer Source, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Heifer Source, LLC averages 7.2 TCR (160% 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

Heifer Source, LLC TCR series: 2023=8.6 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Heifer Source, LLC falls in its industry

165 Cattle feedlots (except stocky establishments

Safer than 32% 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 #35 safest of 50 Cattle feedlots (except stocky employers in Kansas.

Heifer Source, LLC (26 employees, TCR 7.2) 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 Heifer Source, LLC
Heifer Source, LLC (26 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Heifer 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
2024 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2023 8.6 8.6 3 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 Reynolds Creek Calf Ranch 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Plains Cattle Company LLC - Sublette 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Deseret Cattle Feeders 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dawn Cattle Feeders 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Neosho Valley Feeders 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pittsburg Service Center 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Beloit District 2 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tomahawk Creek WTP 26 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 Ambulatory Surgery Center of Greater New York, LLC 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Coreslab Structures 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 5159 Fresenius Medical Care 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Stillwater Building Center, Inc. 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stowe Woodward LLC NH (Andritz) 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carty 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reefer Service, Inc. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rink Printing Company 26 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. 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.