Road construction · Kansas

APAC KS Inc., Shears Division - Utility

Hutchinson, KS · ~20 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

APAC KS Inc., Shears Division - Utility runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Road construction workplace, earning a grade A.

APAC KS Inc., Shears Division - Utility: 1.0 TCR = 37% of Road construction BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

APAC KS Inc., Shears Division - Utility safety composite

APAC KS Inc., Shears Division - Utility scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−4.2

2016→2020

APAC KS Inc., Shears Division - Utility injury rate improved

APAC KS Inc., Shears Division - Utility's TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Hutchinson, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 37% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/49
  • PHOTO The Great Lakes Cons…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Great Lakes Construction Co. (0.0 TCR gap)

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APAC KS Inc., Shears Division - Utility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows APAC KS Inc., Shears Division - Utility averages 1.0 TCR (37% of the Road construction BLS benchmark).

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

APAC KS Inc., Shears Division - Utility TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.8

Where APAC KS Inc., Shears Division - Utility falls in its industry

4,078 Road construction establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 49 Road construction employers in Kansas.

APAC KS Inc., Shears Division - Utility (20 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate APAC KS Inc., Shears Division - Utility
APAC KS Inc., Shears Division - Utility (20 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

APAC KS Inc., Shears Division - Utility has fewer employees than the Road construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.2 4.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · KS · Hutchinson

4,078 Road construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 94 employers in Hutchinson, 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 The Great Lakes Construction Co. 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milling 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR RTV PAVING 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central CA 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Columbia Construction Inc. 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Loyd Builders, Inc. 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1024 - Kansas City, KS 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE InfraSource Electric, LLC 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System 1,003 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hutchinson Regional Medical Center 956 FTE
CITY-NEAR 794 363 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 794 336 FTE
NAT-TCR Albemarle US, Inc. - Kings Mountain 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - Hq 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Composite Cooling Solutions, L.P. 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Promega Biosciences LLC 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Jan-Care of Nicholas County 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Astro Montebello 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Efl Beach 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wfl Altamonte 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: 2020, 2019, 2017, 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.