Pneumatic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing · Kansas

B & B Hydraulics, Inc

Hutchinson, KS · ~38 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

B & B Hydraulics, Inc runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pneumatic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

B & B Hydraulics, Inc: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Pneumatic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

B & B Hydraulics, Inc safety composite

B & B Hydraulics, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

B & B Hydraulics, Inc: 0.0 → 2.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

B & B Hydraulics, Inc's TCR rose 2.2 from 0.0 in 2017 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333995 · Hutchinson, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/8
  • PHOTO Motion Systems : Ben…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Motion Systems : Benton (0.0 TCR gap)

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B & B Hydraulics, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows B & B Hydraulics, Inc averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Pneumatic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

B & B Hydraulics, Inc TCR series: 2017=0 · 2019=0 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where B & B Hydraulics, Inc falls in its industry

137 Pneumatic cylinders, fluid pow establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 8 Pneumatic cylinders, fluid pow employers in Kansas.

B & B Hydraulics, Inc (38 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 B & B Hydraulics, Inc
B & B Hydraulics, Inc (38 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.6

B & B Hydraulics, Inc has fewer employees than the Pneumatic cylinders, fluid power, manufa median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2023 4.6 2.3 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333995 · KS · Hutchinson

137 Pneumatic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing 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 Motion Systems : Benton 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texas Hydraulics Inc 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fabco-Air, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR MAIN OFFICE 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cobalt Cattle Company LLC - Sublette 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Friona Cattle Feeders North #1 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Plains Cattle Company LLC - Sublette 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Irsik and Doll Feed Yard 38 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 L&M Machining & Manufacturing 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR J.C. Lee Construction & Supply Co., Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR CSE, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Fabricators Unlimited 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bemo USA Corporation 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solar Atmospheres of California 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southpaw Electric Company 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson Matthey 38 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, 2019, 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.