Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) · Kansas
Sunbelt Feed Yard
Hugoton, KS · ~33 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 8.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sunbelt Feed Yard runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) workplace, earning a grade D.
Sunbelt Feed Yard: 8.3 TCR = 184% of Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sunbelt Feed Yard safety composite
Sunbelt Feed Yard scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 10.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% 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
−0.9
2016→2024
Sunbelt Feed Yard injury rate improved
Sunbelt Feed Yard's TCR fell 0.9 from 11.6 in 2016 to 10.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 16.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=11.6 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=5.0 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=9.9 · 2022=13.1 · 2023=16.4 · 2024=10.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 112112 · Hugoton, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 8.3 · 184% of ind
- DART 10.8 DART
- RANK #39/50
- PHOTO ZX Ranch - Paisley
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~33 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: ZX Ranch - Paisley (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sunbelt Feed Yard in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Brookover Ranc
Brookover Ranch Feedyard
8.5 TCR
- Brawley, CA Fa
Brawley, CA Farm Aviation
8.4 TCR
- This site
Sunbelt Feed Yard
8.3 TCR
- ZX Ranch - Pai
ZX Ranch - Paisley
8.2 TCR
- Green Plains C
Green Plains Cattle Company LLC- Eckley
8.2 TCR
What this shows Sunbelt Feed Yard averages 8.3 TCR (184% of the Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) BLS benchmark).
Sunbelt Feed Yard TCR series: 2016=11.6 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=5 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=9.9 · 2022=13.1 · 2023=16.4 · 2024=10.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Sunbelt Feed Yard falls in its industry
165 Beef cattle feedlots (except s establishmentsSafer than 25% 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 #39 safest of 50 Beef cattle feedlots (except s employers in Kansas.
Sunbelt Feed Yard 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 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 16.4 | 14.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11.6 | 8.7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
112112 · KS · Hugoton
165 Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 9 employers in Hugoton, 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 | ZX Ranch - Paisley | 8.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Green Plains Cattle Company LLC- Eckley | 8.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Brawley, CA Farm Aviation | 8.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Brookover Ranch Feedyard | 8.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Royal Beef Feed Yard | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Linn Willow Creek Dairy LLC | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Upland Pork LLC | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lowe | 33 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Seaboard Energy Kansas, LLC | 73 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Natural Gas Compressor Manufacture | 70 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KDI Operating Company | 59 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Great Plains Gas Compression Holdings, LLC | 58 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Duke Raleigh Hospital | 8.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DOT | 8.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Claude Howard Lumber Company | 8.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mid-State Paving, LLC | 8.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Teknor Thermoplastic Elastomers, Inc | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Copperhead Chemical Company Inc. | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Interstate Printing Company | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PA Warehouse | 33 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.