Boring, for building construction · Kansas

Betzen Trenching Inc.

Wichita, KS · ~45 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Betzen Trenching Inc. runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Boring, for building construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Betzen Trenching Inc.: 4.1 TCR = 146% of Boring, for building construction BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Betzen Trenching Inc. safety composite

Betzen Trenching Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.5

2016→2024

Betzen Trenching Inc. injury rate improved

Betzen Trenching Inc.'s TCR fell 2.5 from 5.3 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2017=2.8 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=5.6 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Wichita, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 146% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #9/12
  • PHOTO City Transfer, Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City Transfer, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Betzen Trenching Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Betzen Trenching Inc. averages 4.1 TCR (146% of the Boring, for building construction BLS benchmark).

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

Betzen Trenching Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=2.8 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=5.6 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Betzen Trenching Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Boring, for building construct establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 12 Boring, for building construct employers in Kansas.

Betzen Trenching Inc. (45 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Betzen Trenching Inc.
Betzen Trenching Inc. (45 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Betzen Trenching Inc. has fewer employees than the Boring, for building construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 2.8 1.4 2 0 0
2023 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2021 5.6 2.8 2 0 0
2020 5.1 5.1 2 0 0
2019 5.4 5.4 2 0 0
2017 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2016 5.3 0.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · KS · Wichita

1,750 Boring, for building construction 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 City Transfer, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR cypress gulf development corp 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Graham & Sons, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MISSOURI RIVER CONTRACTORS LLC 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shawnee Service Center 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wardcraft Homes Inc., 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roofmasters Roofing & Sheet Metal- Hays 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Diamond Roofing Dodge City 45 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 General Mills Yoplait Reed City 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Nycm-90-New York, Ny - Mutual 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Kinetics Noise Control 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR KNS International 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gator Tampa 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Capitol Coastal Savannah 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE True World Foods DC LLC 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Denver Logistics, LLC 45 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.