Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing · Ohio

Kalmbach Feeds, Inc.

Upper Sandusky, OH · ~243 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kalmbach Feeds, Inc. runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Kalmbach Feeds, Inc.: 2.0 TCR = 53% of Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kalmbach Feeds, Inc. safety composite

Kalmbach Feeds, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−5.3

2016→2024

Kalmbach Feeds, Inc. injury rate improved

Kalmbach Feeds, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.3 from 6.6 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.6 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=0.4 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Upper Sandusky, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 53% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #13/41
  • PHOTO Bio-Vet, Inc
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~243 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bio-Vet, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kalmbach Feeds, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kalmbach Feeds, Inc. averages 2.0 TCR (53% of the Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kalmbach Feeds, Inc. TCR series: 2016=6.6 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=0.4 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.9

Where Kalmbach Feeds, Inc. falls in its industry

756 Animal feed mills (except dog establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 41 Animal feed mills (except dog employers in Ohio.

Kalmbach Feeds, Inc. (243 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kalmbach Feeds, Inc.
Kalmbach Feeds, Inc. (243 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Kalmbach Feeds, Inc. has more employees than the Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) m median and a lower 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
2024 1.3 1.3 4 0 0
2023 2.2 1.8 5 1 0
2022 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.4 0.0 1 0 0
2020 1.1 1.1 3 0 0
2019 2.8 2.4 7 0 0
2018 1.6 1.6 4 0 0
2017 1.8 1.4 4 0 0
2016 6.6 3.6 12 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · OH · Upper Sandusky

756 Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 41 employers in Upper Sandusky, OH · 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 Bio-Vet, Inc 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hi Pro Feeds Comanche 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Belstra Milling Company, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zeigler Bros. Inc. 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kwest Group, LLC. 243 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nickles-Lima Plant 243 FTE
STATE-SIZE VWR International - Solon 243 FTE
STATE-SIZE HEXPOL Compounding LLC 243 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bridgestone APM AVD 626 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prospira America Corporation 530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kasai North America 489 FTE
CITY-NEAR Custom Glass Solutions 279 FTE
NAT-TCR Liberty Electric LLC 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR GS Custodial/Maintenance North 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DA Porterville 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR LRD-D 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, LLC 243 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valley Physician Enterprise 243 FTE
NAT-SIZE CMC Steel New Jersey 243 FTE
NAT-SIZE DPR Construction - Sacramento 243 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, 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.