Milk production, dairy cattle · Kansas
Lost Trail Dairy, LLC
Liberal, KS · ~43 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lost Trail Dairy, LLC runs at 170% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Milk production, dairy cattle workplace, earning a grade D.
Lost Trail Dairy, LLC: 7.6 TCR = 170% of Milk production, dairy cattle BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lost Trail Dairy, LLC safety composite
Lost Trail Dairy, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 7.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% 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
Lost Trail Dairy, LLC: 2.8 → 10.1 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 24.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.66× in 2024
Lost Trail Dairy, LLC's TCR rose 7.3 from 2.8 in 2016 to 10.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 24.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 112120 · Liberal, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 7.6 · 170% of ind
- DART 5.0 DART
- RANK #12/16
- PHOTO Dakota Plains Dairy
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 35 inj
- SIZE ~43 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Dakota Plains Dairy (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lost Trail Dairy, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Temple Creek D
Temple Creek Dairy
7.7 TCR
- Mellema Dairy
Mellema Dairy and Cattle
7.7 TCR
- This site
Lost Trail Dairy, LLC
7.6 TCR
- Dakota Plains
Dakota Plains Dairy
7.6 TCR
- Skyline Dairy
Skyline Dairy LLC
7.6 TCR
What this shows Lost Trail Dairy, LLC averages 7.6 TCR (170% of the Milk production, dairy cattle BLS benchmark).
Lost Trail Dairy, LLC TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=7.1 · 2018=24.6 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=10.1 · BLS 4.5
Where Lost Trail Dairy, LLC falls in its industry
530 Milk production, dairy cattle establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.
Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 16 Milk production, dairy cattle employers in Kansas.
Lost Trail Dairy, LLC has more employees than the Milk production, dairy cattle median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.1 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 24.6 | 13.1 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
112120 · KS · Liberal
530 Milk production, dairy cattle employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 34 employers in Liberal, 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 | Dakota Plains Dairy | 7.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Skyline Dairy LLC | 7.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Temple Creek Dairy | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mellema Dairy and Cattle | 7.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Linwood | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Newkirk Novak Construction Partners, Inc. | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KKINDINC | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Harbinger Concrete Construciton Co. | 43 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | National Beef Packing Company | 3,181 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Southwest Medical Center | 530 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NCI - LIBERAL | 456 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 799 | 313 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Cotterman Company - California Division | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Goodwill Trinity SS | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Gardens at Millville | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Carris Reels CT | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Regional Waste Water Treatment Plant | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Embracing Autism | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sheboygan Falls | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 3C Drilling LLC | 43 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.