Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, silver oxide-zinc) manufacturing · Kansas

EaglePicher Technologies - Pittsburg, KS

Pittsburg, KS · ~75 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

EaglePicher Technologies - Pittsburg, KS runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, silver oxide-zinc) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

EaglePicher Technologies - Pittsburg, KS: 0.8 TCR = 25% of Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, silver oxide-zinc) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EaglePicher Technologies - Pittsburg, KS safety composite

EaglePicher Technologies - Pittsburg, KS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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)
B 0.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

Rising injury rate

EaglePicher Technologies - Pittsburg, KS: 0.0 → 1.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 1.6 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2020

EaglePicher Technologies - Pittsburg, KS's TCR rose 1.6 from 0.0 in 2019 to 1.6 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335911 · Pittsburg, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 25% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #1/10
  • PHOTO Fedco Electronics, I…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fedco Electronics, Inc., d/b/a Fedco Batteries (0.0 TCR gap)

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EaglePicher Technologies - Pittsburg, KS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows EaglePicher Technologies - Pittsburg, KS averages 0.8 TCR (25% of the Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, silver oxide-zinc) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

EaglePicher Technologies - Pittsburg, KS TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where EaglePicher Technologies - Pittsburg, KS falls in its industry

161 Alkaline cell storage batterie establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 10 Alkaline cell storage batterie employers in Kansas.

EaglePicher Technologies - Pittsburg, KS (75 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate EaglePicher Technologies - Pittsburg, KS
EaglePicher Technologies - Pittsburg, KS (75 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 2.1

EaglePicher Technologies - Pittsburg, KS has fewer employees than the Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., n median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2020 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335911 · KS · Pittsburg

161 Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, silver oxide-zinc) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 70 employers in Pittsburg, 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 Fedco Electronics, Inc., d/b/a Fedco Batteries 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Power Corporation 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR EaglePicher Technologies - B Street 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oconee SC 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Haren & Laughlin Construction Co., Inc. 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE BT Lenexa 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE F&H Insulation Sales and Services, Inc. 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE BrandSafway Industries, LLC - Kansas City 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas 1,083 FTE
CITY-NEAR WATC Support Services 524 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-KSWIC001 523 FTE
CITY-NEAR 72 347 FTE
NAT-TCR 683 - Denver Branch 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Reliable Door and Dock, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Construction 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR South Hill 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Covington SNF, Inc. 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE 56-Infs-Eugene or 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE OSG USA, Inc., Fastener Product Division 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE MLP Plumbing & Mechanical, Inc 75 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.