Pig farming · South Dakota

Thunder Ridge, LLC

Dolton, SD · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thunder Ridge, LLC runs at 370% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pig farming workplace, earning a grade F.

Thunder Ridge, LLC: 16.7 TCR = 370% of Pig farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thunder Ridge, LLC safety composite

Thunder Ridge, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 14.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−4.3

2016→2018

Thunder Ridge, LLC injury rate improved

Thunder Ridge, LLC's TCR fell 4.3 from 18.8 in 2016 to 14.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 18.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.8 · 2018=14.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112210 · Dolton, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.7 · 370% of ind

  • DART 14.5 DART
  • RANK #7/8
  • PHOTO Country View
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Country View (0.0 TCR gap)

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Thunder Ridge, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Thunder Ridge, LLC averages 16.7 TCR (370% of the Pig farming BLS benchmark).

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

Thunder Ridge, LLC TCR series: 2016=18.8 · 2018=14.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Thunder Ridge, LLC falls in its industry

280 Pig farming establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Pig farming employers in South Dakota.

Thunder Ridge, LLC (21 employees, TCR 16.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 26 employees and a TCR of 7.7 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Thunder Ridge, LLC
Thunder Ridge, LLC (21 employees, TCR 16.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 26 employees and a TCR of 7.7

Thunder Ridge, LLC has fewer employees than the Pig farming 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
2018 14.5 14.5 3 0 0
2016 18.8 18.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112210 · SD · Dolton

280 Pig farming 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 Country View 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Era Sow, LLC. 16.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Handlos Jacksonville 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dylbrook 16.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE M007 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE M001 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kodiak Pork 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fox Run 21 FTE
NAT-TCR Anthem Oak Lawn Management LLC 16.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Windsor Manor Assisted Living Indianola 16.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZHAG 16.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZCAP 16.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shop 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Residence Inn Pontiac 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Life Options 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Garl-Hct-North Dallas 21 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: 2018, 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.