Cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) · Nebraska

Sweet Water Cattle Co

Kearney, NE · ~20 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sweet Water Cattle Co runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) workplace, earning a grade C.

Sweet Water Cattle Co: 3.8 TCR = 84% of Cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sweet Water Cattle Co safety composite

Sweet Water Cattle Co scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−5.4

2017→2024

Sweet Water Cattle Co injury rate improved

Sweet Water Cattle Co's TCR fell 5.4 from 11.9 in 2017 to 6.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112112 · Kearney, NE AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 84% of ind

  • DART 6.5 DART
  • RANK #6/18
  • PHOTO WOLF CREEK FEED YARD
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WOLF CREEK FEED YARD (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sweet Water Cattle Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sweet Water Cattle Co averages 3.8 TCR (84% of the Cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) BLS benchmark).

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

Sweet Water Cattle Co TCR series: 2017=11.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Sweet Water Cattle Co falls in its industry

165 Cattle feedlots (except stocky establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 18 Cattle feedlots (except stocky employers in Nebraska.

Sweet Water Cattle Co (20 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 5.4 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 020406080100 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sweet Water Cattle Co
Sweet Water Cattle Co (20 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Sweet Water Cattle Co has fewer employees than the Cattle feedlots (except stockyards for t median and a lower 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 6.5 6.5 1 0 0
2023 6.5 6.5 1 0 0
2022 5.3 5.3 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 11.9 6.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112112 · NE · Kearney

165 Cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 100 employers in Kearney, NE · 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 WOLF CREEK FEED YARD 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Interstate Feedlot 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Luckey Custom Feedlot, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SRCTL-SRCTL-SNAKE RIVER CATTLE 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Northern Plains 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hamlot, Inc 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buffalo Plains Genetics, LLC. 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel - Hauling Fleet 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Filtration : Kearney 1,211 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kearney Facility 1,156 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Office 818 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-26100001-261001 791 FTE
NAT-TCR San Bernardino Plant #12 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ILS Farm Partnership 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Homewood Suites Fort Collins 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Heritage Hall Laurel Meadows 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eagle Contractor Inc. 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Capital Tire - Lockbourne 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE JF 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Preferred Commercial & Industrial Services, LLC 20 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.