Grain elevators, storage only · Nebraska

KAAPA Grains, LLC

Elm Creek, NE · ~17 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KAAPA Grains, LLC runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grain elevators, storage only workplace, earning a grade D.

KAAPA Grains, LLC: 7.7 TCR = 133% of Grain elevators, storage only BLS 5.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KAAPA Grains, LLC safety composite

KAAPA Grains, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 20.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

KAAPA Grains, LLC: 6.4 → 20.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 20.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.69× in 2024

KAAPA Grains, LLC's TCR rose 14.2 from 6.4 in 2016 to 20.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493130 · Elm Creek, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.7 · 133% of ind

  • DART 20.7 DART
  • RANK P22
  • PHOTO Shintaffer Farms Inc.,
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shintaffer Farms Inc., (0.0 TCR gap)

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KAAPA Grains, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KAAPA Grains, LLC averages 7.7 TCR (133% of the Grain elevators, storage only BLS benchmark).

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

KAAPA Grains, LLC TCR series: 2016=6.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=17 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=20.7 · BLS 5.8

Where KAAPA Grains, LLC falls in its industry

77 Grain elevators, storage only establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
KAAPA Grains, LLC (17 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate KAAPA Grains, LLC
KAAPA Grains, LLC (17 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 3.8

KAAPA Grains, LLC has fewer employees than the Grain elevators, storage only median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 20.7 20.7 2 0 0
2023 8.6 8.6 1 0 0
2022 17.0 8.5 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 8.8 8.8 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 6.4 6.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493130 · NE · Elm Creek

77 Grain elevators, storage only employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 3 employers in Elm Creek, NE · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Shintaffer Farms Inc., 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sun Glo of Idaho, Inc. 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ritzville Warehouse Co 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Risser Grain - Holtwood 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE 103938 - NM Cath Lab Renovation 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thompson Construction Inc. 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gering 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Contractor Services Inc. Paint Shop 17 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hinz Trucking, Inc. 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR AG DRYER SERVICES IN 35 FTE
NAT-TCR Keystone Quality Transport Company - Springfield Base 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Watercrest at Mansfield 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Brown's Feeds 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR W.L. Roenigk, Inc. - Sarver 7.7 TCR

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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.