Blending animal feed · Vermont

Kent Nutrition Group- Richford

Richford, VT · ~52 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.8
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kent Nutrition Group- Richford runs at 278% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Blending animal feed workplace, earning a grade F.

Kent Nutrition Group- Richford: 10.8 TCR = 278% of Blending animal feed BLS 3.9 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kent Nutrition Group- Richford safety composite

Kent Nutrition Group- Richford scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

−4.2

2019→2024

Kent Nutrition Group- Richford injury rate improved

Kent Nutrition Group- Richford's TCR fell 4.2 from 10.3 in 2019 to 6.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 16.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=10.3 · 2020=15.7 · 2021=14.9 · 2022=16.1 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Richford, VT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.8 · 278% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Kalona
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kalona (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kent Nutrition Group- Richford in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kent Nutrition Group- Richford averages 10.8 TCR (278% of the Blending animal feed BLS benchmark).

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

Kent Nutrition Group- Richford TCR series: 2019=10.3 · 2020=15.7 · 2021=14.9 · 2022=16.1 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=6.2 · BLS 3.9

Where Kent Nutrition Group- Richford falls in its industry

756 Blending animal feed establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Vermont alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Blending animal feed employers in Vermont.

Kent Nutrition Group- Richford (52 employees, TCR 10.8) 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kent Nutrition Group- Richford
Kent Nutrition Group- Richford (52 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Kent Nutrition Group- Richford has more employees than the Blending animal feed median and a higher 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 6.2 6.2 3 0 0
2023 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2022 16.1 14.1 8 0 0
2021 14.9 14.9 8 0 0
2020 15.7 7.8 7 1 0
2019 10.3 8.6 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · VT · Richford

756 Blending animal feed employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,065 rated employers in Vermont with headcount on file · 5 employers in Richford, VT · 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 Kalona 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid-State Milling Inc Main 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trouw Nutrition Neosho 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hope Feed Mill 11.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE A Cooper Mechanical 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vermont Packinghouse LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE LAMOILLE VALLEY FORD INC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAI-0033-0033-01323 FAC-01323-POULTNEY-VT 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ave Maria CCH, Inc 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Richford 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kaytec Richford 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vista Foods 21 FTE
NAT-TCR FLT002 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR COD009 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Oswego Health & Rehab 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hurst Boiler and Welding Co Inc. 10.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Globe Manufacturing Company, Globe Footwear LLC 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Runnings of Austin 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dominick's Seafood, Inc. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Town Hall 52 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. 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.