Harvesting machinery and equipment, agriculture, manufacturing · Kansas

AGCO Hesston

Hesston, KS · ~1,128 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

AGCO Hesston runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Harvesting machinery and equipment, agriculture, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

AGCO Hesston: 1.9 TCR = 58% of Harvesting machinery and equipment, agriculture, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AGCO Hesston safety composite

AGCO Hesston scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−2.1

2017→2018

AGCO Hesston injury rate improved

AGCO Hesston's TCR fell 2.1 from 2.9 in 2017 to 0.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.9 · 2018=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · Hesston, KS AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/37
  • PHOTO Clear Lake Oxbo
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~1,128 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Clear Lake Oxbo (0.0 TCR gap)

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AGCO Hesston in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows AGCO Hesston averages 1.9 TCR (58% of the Harvesting machinery and equipment, agriculture, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

AGCO Hesston TCR series: 2017=2.9 · 2018=0.9 · BLS 3.3

Where AGCO Hesston falls in its industry

433 Harvesting machinery and equip establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 37 Harvesting machinery and equip employers in Kansas.

AGCO Hesston (1,128 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate AGCO Hesston
AGCO Hesston (1,128 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

AGCO Hesston has more employees than the Harvesting machinery and equipment, agri median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 0.9 0.0 9 0 0
2017 2.9 0.9 29 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · KS · Hesston

433 Harvesting machinery and equipment, agriculture, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 5 employers in Hesston, 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 Clear Lake Oxbo 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR GUSS Automation, LLC. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bush Hog Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR W.H.O. Manufacturing Co., Inc. 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Menorah medical center 1,136 FTE
STATE-SIZE P1 Group, Inc. 1,109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crossland Construction Company, Inc. 1,154 FTE
STATE-SIZE TOPEKA PLANT 1,098 FTE
CITY-NEAR AGCO : Hesston 1,189 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manufacturing and Engineering Facility 750 FTE
CITY-NEAR King Construction Company, Inc 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR BMG of Kansas 60 FTE
NAT-TCR 4795-PD-FLO-FLORENCE-PD 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR CN Irvine 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodrich - Turbine Fuel Technologies- Carroll IA 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Murfreesboro 2 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ach Immanuel Medical Center 1,128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Global Specialty Fulfillment : EWR6 1,128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hyundai Mobis Alabama 1,128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delta Air Lines - CVG 1,128 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, 2017. 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.