Mechanical contractors · Kansas

Dean E Norris Inc

Wichita, KS · ~60 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dean E Norris Inc runs at 15% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Dean E Norris Inc: 0.4 TCR = 15% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dean E Norris Inc safety composite

Dean E Norris Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−1.7

2016→2023

Dean E Norris Inc injury rate improved

Dean E Norris Inc's TCR fell 1.7 from 1.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Wichita, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 15% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/53
  • PHOTO Triton Plumbing
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Triton Plumbing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dean E Norris Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dean E Norris Inc averages 0.4 TCR (15% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Dean E Norris Inc TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Dean E Norris Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 53 Mechanical contractors employers in Kansas.

Dean E Norris Inc (60 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dean E Norris Inc
Dean E Norris Inc (60 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Dean E Norris Inc has more employees than the Mechanical contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.7 1.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · KS · Wichita

5,793 Mechanical contractors 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 Triton Plumbing 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kimbro Mechanical 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ACTA, LLC D/B/A Russell's 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bloomfield Mechanical 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Martin K. Eby Construction Co. - Spirit Only 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE CECO Concrete : Kansas City 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE All Systems Designed Solutions 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flexsteel Industries Inc.,-Edgerton 60 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 Brandman University 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mudd Inc. 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Brose Detroit 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Canton Estrn Reg Ofc 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Scherba Industries Inc. 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Walsh Elementary School 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forest Growout (MLO) 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cargill Inc 60 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2016. 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.