Dog food manufacturing · Nebraska

SFD Opco, LLC

Name: SFD Opco, LLC Workplace Safety Data
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Seward, NE · ~95 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.8
Avg TCR: 3.9
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

SFD Opco, LLC runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dog food manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

SFD Opco, LLC: 6.8 TCR = 173% of Dog food manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SFD Opco, LLC safety composite

SFD Opco, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

SFD Opco, LLC: 3.9 → 6.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 9.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2023

SFD Opco, LLC's TCR rose 2.1 from 3.9 in 2020 to 6.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311111 · Seward, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.8 · 173% of ind

DART 6.0 DART
RANK #13/17
PHOTO Carnivore Meat Company
BOOK 4y book
INJ 26 inj
SIZE ~95 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carnivore Meat Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.9
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6.8
RPC Freeze Dry

6.8
Carnivore Meat

6.7
Three Dog Bran

6.7

What this shows SFD Opco, LLC averages 6.8 TCR (173% of the Dog food manufacturing BLS benchmark).

SFD Opco, LLC TCR series: 2020=3.9 · 2021=7.6 · 2022=9.5 · 2023=6 · BLS 3.9

Where SFD Opco, LLC falls in its industry

302 Dog food manufacturing establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 17 Dog food manufacturing employers in Nebraska.

SFD Opco, LLC (95 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3

SFD Opco, LLC has fewer employees than the Dog food manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2023	6.0	6.0	8
2022	9.5	6.7	10
2021	7.6	4.3	7
2020	3.9	3.9	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311111 · NE · Seward

302 Dog food manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 22 employers in Seward, 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	Carnivore Meat Company	GREEN BAY, WI	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Three Dog Brands - Topping	KANSAS CITY, MO	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RPC Freeze Dry	LINCOLN, NE	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Darling Ravenna 270	RAVENNA, NE	6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Main Office	LINCOLN	95 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lueder Construction Company	OMAHA	95 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rabe's Quality Meat, Inc.	OMAHA	95 FTE
STATE-SIZE	OFC Development Corp	PLATTSMOUTH	95 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tenneco-Seward	Seward	726 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tenneco - Seward	Seward	619 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tenneco Inc	Seward	546 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hughes Brothers, Inc.	Seward	282 FTE
NAT-TCR	5436 - Cyfair	Houston, TX	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	El Dorado Springs- SW	El Dorado Springs, MO	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arbor Rose Senior Care	Mesa, AZ	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Erie Zoological Society	Erie, PA	6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Electrical Contractor Inc.	Covington, GA	95 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DBA Grace River Pines	Altoona, WI	95 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Viaggio Pontoons	Bristol, IN	95 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Premio Foods Inc - UC	Union City, NJ	95 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, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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