Dam gates, metal plate, manufacturing · Kansas

Balco Wichita

Wichita, KS · ~78 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Balco Wichita runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dam gates, metal plate, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Balco Wichita: 5.1 TCR = 155% of Dam gates, metal plate, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Balco Wichita safety composite

Balco Wichita scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−8.8

2017→2022

Balco Wichita injury rate improved

Balco Wichita's TCR fell 8.8 from 8.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.8 · 2018=6.3 · 2020=9.0 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Wichita, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 155% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/22
  • PHOTO Con-Fab Engineering …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Con-Fab Engineering & Welding, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Balco Wichita in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Balco Wichita averages 5.1 TCR (155% of the Dam gates, metal plate, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Balco Wichita TCR series: 2017=8.8 · 2018=6.3 · 2020=9 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Balco Wichita falls in its industry

1,491 Dam gates, metal plate, manufa establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 22 Dam gates, metal plate, manufa employers in Kansas.

Balco Wichita (78 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 Balco Wichita
Balco Wichita (78 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Balco Wichita has more employees than the Dam gates, metal plate, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2020 9.0 6.0 6 0 0
2018 6.3 3.8 5 0 0
2017 8.8 0.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · KS · Wichita

1,491 Dam gates, metal plate, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 841 employers in Wichita, 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 Con-Fab Engineering & Welding, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stone Bridge Iron & Steel Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jennmar Corporation of Virginia, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPI-Fab Shop Anderson 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Reece Construction Co., Inc. -- Scandia 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koch Fertilizer Dodge City 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Siding Products Group, McPherson 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Horizon PSI 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spirit Aerosystems 11,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR Textron Aviation - Mid Continent 4,359 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wesley Medical Center 2,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-KSWIC062 2,438 FTE
NAT-TCR 1855-AHSCM24 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR JBS Greeley Value Added 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 355585-Mount Vernon Po 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Flat Rock Metal,Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gelson's Markets #5 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Onion Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Windsor Post-Acute Center of Arvin 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE ACCRA Manufacturing 78 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.