Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) · Kansas
Ward Feed Yard
Larned, KS · ~63 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ward Feed Yard runs at 131% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) workplace, earning a grade D.
Ward Feed Yard: 5.9 TCR = 131% of Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ward Feed Yard safety composite
Ward Feed Yard scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Ward Feed Yard: 1.5 → 10.4 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.54× in 2024
Ward Feed Yard's TCR rose 8.9 from 1.5 in 2016 to 10.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 112112 · Larned, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 131% of ind
- DART 9.1 DART
- RANK #24/50
- PHOTO Green Plains Cattle …
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 30 inj
- SIZE ~63 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Green Plains Cattle Company, LLC- Leoti (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ward Feed Yard in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ward Feed Yard
5.9 TCR
- Green Plains C
Green Plains Cattle Company, LLC- Leoti
5.9 TCR
- La Valle Sabbi
La Valle Sabbia, Inc.
5.9 TCR
- Green Plains C
Green Plains Cattle Company LLC - kismet
5.9 TCR
- Cri Feeders of
Cri Feeders of Guymon, LLC
5.8 TCR
What this shows Ward Feed Yard averages 5.9 TCR (131% of the Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) BLS benchmark).
Ward Feed Yard TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=5.9 · 2021=7.3 · 2023=6 · 2024=10.4 · BLS 4.5
Where Ward Feed Yard falls in its industry
165 Beef cattle feedlots (except s establishmentsSafer than 45% 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 #24 safest of 50 Beef cattle feedlots (except s employers in Kansas.
Ward Feed Yard has more 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 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.3 | 2.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
112112 · KS · Larned
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 Larned, 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 | Green Plains Cattle Company, LLC- Leoti | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | La Valle Sabbia, Inc. | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Green Plains Cattle Company LLC - kismet | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cri Feeders of Guymon, LLC | 5.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Grant County Feeders | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DB2 Services Inc | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kansas Electric, Inc. | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Davis Electric, Inc. | 63 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pawnee Valley Community Hospital | 121 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SODEXO AT LARNED STATE HOSPITAL FOOD | 75 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Diversicare of Larned | 63 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 615-00009 | 53 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Cavallero Heating & Air Cond., Inc. | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Briarwood Operator LLC | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | W1 | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | All Other Employees - Other Government Support | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Strange Bros Grading Co Inc | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hellebusch Tool & Die, Inc. | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hill International Trucks 84 PA | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rds Machine, LLC | 63 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.