Dairy Farm · South Dakota

Northern Sky Dairy, LLP - NSDL289

Bruce, SD · ~37 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northern Sky Dairy, LLP - NSDL289 runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Dairy Farm workplace, earning a grade C.

Northern Sky Dairy, LLP - NSDL289: 4.4 TCR = 98% of Dairy Farm BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Sky Dairy, LLP - NSDL289 safety composite

Northern Sky Dairy, LLP - NSDL289 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−5.4

2016→2017

Northern Sky Dairy, LLP - NSDL289 injury rate improved

Northern Sky Dairy, LLP - NSDL289's TCR fell 5.4 from 7.1 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.1 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.1 · 2017=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112120 · Bruce, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.4 · 98% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Majestic View Dairy
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Majestic View Dairy (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northern Sky Dairy, LLP - NSDL289 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northern Sky Dairy, LLP - NSDL289 averages 4.4 TCR (98% of the Dairy Farm BLS benchmark).

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

Northern Sky Dairy, LLP - NSDL289 TCR series: 2016=7.1 · 2017=1.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Northern Sky Dairy, LLP - NSDL289 falls in its industry

530 Dairy Farm establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Dairy Farm employers in South Dakota.

Northern Sky Dairy, LLP - NSDL289 (37 employees, TCR 4.4) 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 Northern Sky Dairy, LLP - NSDL289
Northern Sky Dairy, LLP - NSDL289 (37 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Northern Sky Dairy, LLP - NSDL289 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
2017 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2016 7.1 3.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112120 · SD · Bruce

530 Dairy Farm employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota 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 Majestic View Dairy 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AJ Dairy LLC 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Will de Groot Dairy 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Siemers Holstein Farm, Inc. - Main Farm 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Advanced Sunflower, LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Associated Milk Producers Inc (Hoven) 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE G.A. Murdock, Inc. 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buffalo Ridge Concrete Inc. 37 FTE
NAT-TCR N and R of Troy LLC 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kitchen Systems 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Foodservice Supply Smyrna 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Adjustable Forms Inc. of Indiana 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clarion Suites 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0337 - Hempstead, Ny 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0225 - Mc Allen, Tx 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0093 - Springfield, Mo 37 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: 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.