Dairy Farm · Iowa

Kirkman Farms, LLP

Kirkman, IA · ~68 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kirkman Farms, LLP runs at 15% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Dairy Farm workplace, earning a grade A.

Kirkman Farms, LLP: 0.7 TCR = 15% of Dairy Farm BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kirkman Farms, LLP safety composite

Kirkman Farms, LLP scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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%).

Kirkman Farms, LLP held a steady TCR band

Kirkman Farms, LLP's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.8 in 2017 to 1.2 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112120 · Kirkman, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 15% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Krainick Dairy LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Krainick Dairy LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kirkman Farms, LLP in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kirkman Farms, LLP averages 0.7 TCR (15% of the Dairy Farm BLS benchmark).

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

Kirkman Farms, LLP TCR series: 2017=0.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Kirkman Farms, LLP falls in its industry

530 Dairy Farm establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Dairy Farm employers in Iowa.

Kirkman Farms, LLP (68 employees, TCR 0.7) 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 Kirkman Farms, LLP
Kirkman Farms, LLP (68 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Kirkman Farms, LLP has more employees than the Dairy Farm 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
2019 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.8 0.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112120 · IA · Kirkman

530 Dairy Farm employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 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 Krainick Dairy LLC 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dennis Boertje & Son Dairy 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lawnel Farms 2 LLC 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Convoy Dairy LLC 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rathbun Regional Water Association 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lakeside Contractors LLC 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwestern Mechanical - IA 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE CKF Urbandale 68 FTE
NAT-TCR HES Brownfield - North Facility 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Price Rite Store 303 Brockton 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Building And Mechanical LLC 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR TX - Verizon (Sylvania) 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE MN,BAGLEY - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hamilton Main 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilton Columbia Center 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE 818 - San Francisco 68 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.