Commercial building construction · Kansas

Design-Build Construction Inc.

Wichita, KS · ~38 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.6
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Design-Build Construction Inc. runs at 364% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Commercial building construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Design-Build Construction Inc.: 10.6 TCR = 364% of Commercial building construction BLS 2.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Design-Build Construction Inc. safety composite

Design-Build Construction Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).

F

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

−5.0

2016→2018

Design-Build Construction Inc. injury rate improved

Design-Build Construction Inc.'s TCR fell 5.0 from 14.5 in 2016 to 9.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 14.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.5 · 2017=7.7 · 2018=9.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Wichita, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.6 · 364% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #58/63
  • PHOTO Scenic Ridge Company
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Scenic Ridge Company (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Kansas employers → · Look up another →

Design-Build Construction Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Design-Build Construction Inc. averages 10.6 TCR (364% of the Commercial building construction BLS benchmark).

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

Design-Build Construction Inc. TCR series: 2016=14.5 · 2017=7.7 · 2018=9.5 · BLS 2.9

Where Design-Build Construction Inc. falls in its industry

4,692 Commercial building constructi establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #58 safest of 63 Commercial building constructi employers in Kansas.

Design-Build Construction Inc. (38 employees, TCR 10.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Design-Build Construction Inc.
Design-Build Construction Inc. (38 employees, TCR 10.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Design-Build Construction Inc. has fewer employees than the Commercial building construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2018 9.5 4.7 4 0 0
2017 7.7 7.7 3 0 0
2016 14.5 2.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · KS · Wichita

4,692 Commercial 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 Scenic Ridge Company 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cresco Building Service Inc 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rose Metal Systems Inc. 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dalke Construction Co Inc 10.5 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 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 UFP Warrens 217 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Penske : 5187-00 TempurSealy-DCC/Plainfield, IN 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 4701 Jennings Ln. Plant 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR IDC 10.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Composites 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spurlock 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE South TX Div/Dist Offc New Brn ENNB 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbus, Carrolton, Obetz 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: 2018, 2017, 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.