Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL) · Kansas

Gardner

Gardner, KS · ~31 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gardner runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL) workplace, earning a grade C.

Gardner: 4.3 TCR = 96% of Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gardner safety composite

Gardner scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−4.2

2018→2024

Gardner injury rate improved

Gardner's TCR fell 4.2 from 6.3 in 2018 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.3 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=7.0 · 2022=9.0 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Gardner, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.3 · 96% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #29/41
  • PHOTO Ft. Myers
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ft. Myers (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gardner in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gardner averages 4.3 TCR (96% of the Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Gardner TCR series: 2018=6.3 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=7 · 2022=9 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Gardner falls in its industry

3,252 Bulk mail truck transportation establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 41 Bulk mail truck transportation employers in Kansas.

Gardner (31 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Gardner
Gardner (31 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Gardner has fewer employees than the Bulk mail truck transportation, contract median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2023 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2022 9.0 4.5 2 0 0
2021 7.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2018 6.3 3.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · KS · Gardner

3,252 Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 22 employers in Gardner, 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 Ft. Myers 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR EWR LTL 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR J L Rothrock Inc 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arnold Transportation - Grand Prairie 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lariat Feeders, LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barton County Feeders 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1509 W MAPLE INDEPENDENCE KS 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kendall Construction, Inc. 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : MKC4 576 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5307 350 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5307 288 FTE
CITY-NEAR Coleman - GRKS 157 FTE
NAT-TCR Yuba City 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR InterMed 100 Foden Road 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Westminster Cullman 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Midwest Finishing Systems 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE New England Safety Systems, Inc 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heritage-6, LLC 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wendover Hospice House 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE SA Recycling, Atlanta Wells 31 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.