Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing · Kansas

Carlson Hydraulics, LLC

Wichita, KS · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carlson Hydraulics, LLC runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Carlson Hydraulics, LLC: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carlson Hydraulics, LLC safety composite

Carlson Hydraulics, LLC 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

Carlson Hydraulics, LLC: 0.0 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2018

Carlson Hydraulics, LLC's TCR rose 3.6 from 0.0 in 2017 to 3.6 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO Danfoss Power Soluti…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Danfoss Power Solutions II (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carlson Hydraulics, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carlson Hydraulics, LLC averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Carlson Hydraulics, LLC TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Carlson Hydraulics, LLC falls in its industry

137 Hydraulic cylinders, fluid pow establishments

Safer than 60% 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 #4 safest of 8 Hydraulic cylinders, fluid pow employers in Kansas.

Carlson Hydraulics, LLC (25 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 Carlson Hydraulics, LLC
Carlson Hydraulics, LLC (25 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Carlson Hydraulics, LLC has fewer employees than the Hydraulic 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
2018 3.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333995 · KS · Wichita

137 Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, 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 Danfoss Power Solutions II 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Motion Systems : Enumclaw 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MAIN OFFICE 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texas Hydraulics Inc 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE ILS Farm Partnership 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOW 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE J-Six Farms-Summit 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paola Service Center 25 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 Chattanooga Recycle 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Grocer Supply Company : Corder Houston, TX (GMDC) 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Liberty Residential - 125 Darlene Dr. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Variform Inc. dba Ply Gem Siding Group 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Custom-Crete, San Antonio 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Redi-Mix, LLC Frisco 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Redi-Mix, LLC Desoto 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Line Precision, Inc. 25 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: 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.