Milk production, dairy cattle · Kansas

High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC

Plains, KS · ~58 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Milk production, dairy cattle workplace, earning a grade A.

High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC: 1.1 TCR = 24% of Milk production, dairy cattle BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC safety composite

High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC: 0.0 → 2.2 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2017

High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC's TCR rose 2.2 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112120 · Plains, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 24% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #2/16
  • PHOTO Black Cat Dairy
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Black Cat Dairy (0.0 TCR gap)

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High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC averages 1.1 TCR (24% 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

High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.2 · BLS 4.5

Where High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC falls in its industry

530 Milk production, dairy cattle establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 16 Milk production, dairy cattle employers in Kansas.

High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC (58 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC
High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC (58 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0

High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC 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
2017 2.2 1.1 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112120 · KS · Plains

530 Milk production, dairy cattle employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 5 employers in Plains, 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 Black Cat Dairy 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coronado 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clark 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kempenaar Dairy LLC 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wichita System Control Center 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phoenix Renovation and Restoration, Inc. 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE PureField Ingredients, Food Ingredients 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE empirical foods, inc. - Holcomb 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kansas Smith Farms 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR JKL Construction, Inc. 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plains 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plains/Collano Grain Elevator 17 FTE
NAT-TCR Gruber Industries, Inc 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR N and R of Fayette Inc 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Textron Specialized Vehicles - Dixie Chopper Coatesville 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Nuclear Energy : GNF-A 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Assisted Living Facility 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schluter Systems - Reno 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Malden N and R LLC 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE AmeriGas - ACE - Ruffs Dales, Pa 58 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: 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.