Hog and pig (including breeding, farrowing, nursery, and finishing activities) farming · Nebraska

Sandhills Elite Genetics, LLC

Name: Sandhills Elite Genetics, LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Columbus, NE · ~54 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 8.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sandhills Elite Genetics, LLC runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hog and pig (including breeding, farrowing, nursery, and finishing activities) farming workplace, earning a grade D.

Sandhills Elite Genetics, LLC: 8.5 TCR = 189% of Hog and pig (including breeding, farrowing, nursery, and finishing activities) farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sandhills Elite Genetics, LLC safety composite

Sandhills Elite Genetics, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 8.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers
DART rate: C 3 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

Sandhills Elite Genetics, LLC: 0.0 → 17.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 17.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.35× in 2023

Sandhills Elite Genetics, LLC's TCR rose 17.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 17.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112210 · Columbus, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.5 · 189% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #22/42
PHOTO Hamlot, Inc
BOOK 2y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hamlot, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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8.5
Hamlot, Inc

8.5
Atlantic Pork

8.4
Cedarcrest, LL

8.4
Afton Warehous

8.4

What this shows Sandhills Elite Genetics, LLC averages 8.5 TCR (189% of the Hog and pig (including breeding, farrowing, nursery, and finishing activities) farming BLS benchmark).

Sandhills Elite Genetics, LLC TCR series: 2018=0 · 2023=17 · BLS 4.5

Where Sandhills Elite Genetics, LLC falls in its industry

280 Hog and pig (including breedin establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 42 Hog and pig (including breedin employers in Nebraska.

Sandhills Elite Genetics, LLC (54 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 26 employees and a TCR of 7.7

Sandhills Elite Genetics, LLC has more employees than the Hog and pig (including breeding, farrowi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.7. 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
2023	17.0	3.0	13	4	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112210 · NE · Columbus

280 Hog and pig (including breeding, farrowing, nursery, and finishing activities) farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 91 employers in Columbus, NE · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Hamlot, Inc	SUMNER, NE	8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Atlantic Pork	PARIS, MO	8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cedarcrest, LLC.	TABLE GROVE, IL	8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Afton Warehouse	AFTON, IA	8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rattlesnake Creek Wind 17141023	ALLEN	54 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Contractor Services Inc	NORTH PLATTE	54 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bergelectric Corporation-NE	OFFUTT	54 FTE
STATE-SIZE	D & J Electric	OMAHA	54 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BD Columbus West	Columbus	1,148 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BD Pharmaceutical Systems	Columbus	971 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Columbus Community Hospital	Columbus	833 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BD Columbus East	Columbus	762 FTE
NAT-TCR	DP Maiden	Joplin, MO	8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	1986 - Katy Tx Return Center	Brookshire, TX	8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ihop 1746	Meridian, ID	8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	C&W Global - Hollister	Hollister, FL	8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	So Cal Livehaul Cherry	Fresno, CA	54 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Columbus Roll Shop	Columbus, MS	54 FTE
NAT-SIZE	American Red Cross - 32 N Prospect St	Burlington, VT	54 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SugarCreek Packing - Muhlhauser	West Chester, OH	54 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: 2023, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.