Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) · Kansas
Knight Feedlot Inc.
Lyons, KS · ~24 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Knight Feedlot Inc. runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) workplace, earning a grade D.
Knight Feedlot Inc.: 7.9 TCR = 176% of Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Knight Feedlot Inc. safety composite
Knight Feedlot Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
−8.2
2019→2024
Knight Feedlot Inc. injury rate improved
Knight Feedlot Inc.'s TCR fell 8.2 from 13.1 in 2019 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=13.1 · 2021=7.5 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=4.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 112112 · Lyons, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 7.9 · 176% of ind
- DART 4.9 DART
- RANK #38/50
- PHOTO NA Timmerman, Inc
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~24 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: NA Timmerman, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Knight Feedlot Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- 4M Feeders
4M Feeders
8 TCR
- This site
Knight Feedlot Inc.
7.9 TCR
- NA Timmerman,
NA Timmerman, Inc
7.9 TCR
- POKY FEEDERS,
POKY FEEDERS, INC.
7.9 TCR
- Reeve Cattle C
Reeve Cattle Company
7.8 TCR
What this shows Knight Feedlot Inc. averages 7.9 TCR (176% of the Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) BLS benchmark).
Knight Feedlot Inc. TCR series: 2019=13.1 · 2021=7.5 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 4.5
Where Knight Feedlot Inc. falls in its industry
165 Beef cattle feedlots (except s establishmentsSafer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.
Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 50 Beef cattle feedlots (except s employers in Kansas.
Knight Feedlot Inc. has fewer employees than the Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 13.1 | 4.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
112112 · KS · Lyons
165 Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 6 employers in Lyons, 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 | NA Timmerman, Inc | 7.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | POKY FEEDERS, INC. | 7.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Reeve Cattle Company | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4M Feeders | 8.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Satanta Farms North #1 | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Crop Service Center Inc | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ag Connection Sales, Inc | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Riverton Power Station | 24 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hospital District #1 of Rice County | 162 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Compass Minerals | 125 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Compass Minerals - Lyons Evaporation Plant | 116 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kansas Ethanol, LLC | 55 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Maricopa County - Sheriff (500/ 510) | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | United Electric Supply - Lancaster | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chicago Boiler Co - Gurnee | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pacific Trucking | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | RG Zachrich Construction | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chateau Grand Traverse | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AGLC Fleet Service | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Geomechanics Southwest, Inc. | 24 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.