Tractors and attachments, farm-type, manufacturing · Kansas

Applequist Mfg, Inc.

Smith Center, KS · ~43 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Applequist Mfg, Inc. runs at 357% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tractors and attachments, farm-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Applequist Mfg, Inc.: 11.8 TCR = 357% of Tractors and attachments, farm-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Applequist Mfg, Inc. safety composite

Applequist Mfg, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

Applequist Mfg, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Applequist Mfg, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 17.2 in 2021 to 17.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=17.2 · 2022=3.0 · 2023=9.5 · 2024=17.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · Smith Center, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 357% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #35/37
  • PHOTO Norwest Manufacturin…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Norwest Manufacturing, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Applequist Mfg, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Applequist Mfg, Inc. averages 11.8 TCR (357% of the Tractors and attachments, farm-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Applequist Mfg, Inc. TCR series: 2021=17.2 · 2022=3 · 2023=9.5 · 2024=17.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Applequist Mfg, Inc. falls in its industry

433 Tractors and attachments, farm establishments

Safer than 11% 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 #35 safest of 37 Tractors and attachments, farm employers in Kansas.

Applequist Mfg, Inc. (43 employees, TCR 11.8) 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 Applequist Mfg, Inc.
Applequist Mfg, Inc. (43 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Applequist Mfg, Inc. has fewer employees than the Tractors and attachments, farm-type, man median and a higher 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
2024 17.4 5.8 9 0 0
2023 9.5 2.4 4 0 0
2022 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2021 17.2 10.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · KS · Smith Center

433 Tractors and attachments, farm-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 6 employers in Smith Center, 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 Norwest Manufacturing, Inc. 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leedy Mfg 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR CPM Merrrimack 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SAVAGE EQUIPMENT INC 11.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Linwood 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lost Trail Dairy, LLC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newkirk Novak Construction Partners, Inc. 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE KKINDINC 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smith County Memorial Hospital 149 FTE
CITY-NEAR SUNPORCH OF SMITH COUNTY 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smith Center Health and Rehab 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR GENE'S HEARTLAND FOODS 712 34 FTE
NAT-TCR Valley Pallet - Salinas 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Valley Meat Company 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ware Butler Building Supply - Waterville 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR AHG Apple Valley Medical Center 11.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vishay Sprague Inc Spectrol 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Texas 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wabash 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dominion Management Group 43 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.