Dairy Farm · California

Western Sky Dairy, LLC

Bakersfield, CA · ~45 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Sky Dairy, LLC runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dairy Farm workplace, earning a grade D.

Western Sky Dairy, LLC: 5.8 TCR = 130% of Dairy Farm BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Sky Dairy, LLC safety composite

Western Sky Dairy, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−2.4

2018→2021

Western Sky Dairy, LLC injury rate improved

Western Sky Dairy, LLC's TCR fell 2.4 from 9.3 in 2018 to 7.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=9.3 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112120 · Bakersfield, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 130% of ind

  • DART 5.6 DART
  • RANK #64/205
  • PHOTO GH Dairy - California
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GH Dairy - California (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Sky Dairy, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Sky Dairy, LLC averages 5.8 TCR (130% of the Dairy Farm BLS benchmark).

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

Western Sky Dairy, LLC TCR series: 2018=9.3 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=7 · BLS 4.5

Where Western Sky Dairy, LLC falls in its industry

530 Dairy Farm establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #64 safest of 205 Dairy Farm employers in California.

Western Sky Dairy, LLC (45 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Sky Dairy, LLC
Western Sky Dairy, LLC (45 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Western Sky Dairy, LLC has more employees than the Dairy Farm median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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
2021 7.0 5.6 5 0 0
2020 2.8 2.8 2 0 0
2019 4.3 4.3 3 0 0
2018 9.3 7.8 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112120 · CA · Bakersfield

530 Dairy Farm employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 818 employers in Bakersfield, CA · 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 GH Dairy - California 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gilkey Five 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Robert Vander Eyk & Sons Dairy 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walnut Ridge Dairy LLC 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Salinas Transplant Company 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Terra Firma Farm 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Donald Beeman Farm 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berry Mist Farms, LP 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA Bakersfield 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-04 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BFL1 4,113 FTE
CITY-NEAR Esparza Enterprises, Inc 3,267 FTE
NAT-TCR Orscheln Farm and Home LLC 012 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cedar Rapids Marriott 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mack of Nashville, LLC 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 435 Phalen Blvd 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Forum Energy Technologies - Madison 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Envision 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parker's Building Supply 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stone Mountain FS (SSS, CSS) 45 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.