Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyor, elevator, transmission), manufacturing · Kansas

Gates Corporation Iola KS

Name: Gates Corporation Iola KS Workplace Safety Data
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Iola, KS · ~332 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gates Corporation Iola KS runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyor, elevator, transmission), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Gates Corporation Iola KS: 2.5 TCR = 76% of Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyor, elevator, transmission), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gates Corporation Iola KS safety composite

Gates Corporation Iola KS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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%).

Gates Corporation Iola KS held a steady TCR band

Gates Corporation Iola KS's TCR held near 0.2 from 2.6 in 2022 to 2.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.6 · 2023=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326220 · Iola, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 76% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #3/5
PHOTO Gates Corporation Ne…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 16 inj
SIZE ~332 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gates Corporation Newton, IA. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Gates Corporation Iola KS averages 2.5 TCR (76% of the Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyor, elevator, transmission), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Gates Corporation Iola KS TCR series: 2022=2.6 · 2023=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Gates Corporation Iola KS falls in its industry

160 Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyo establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyo employers in Kansas.

Gates Corporation Iola KS (332 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 132 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Gates Corporation Iola KS has more employees than the Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyor, elevato median and a lower 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
2023	2.4	1.5	8	0	0
2022	2.6	0.0	8	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326220 · KS · Iola

160 Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyor, elevator, transmission), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 19 employers in Iola, KS · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Gates Corporation Newton, IA.	NEWTON, IA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Intralox LLC - Hammond	HAMMOND, LA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fluid Connectors : Ravenna	RAVENNA, OH	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fiskars	EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	WM 372	DODGE CITY	332 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 4611	SHAWNEE	332 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WICHITA CUST CARE CENTER_1469931	WICHITA	332 FTE
STATE-SIZE	FM&T West	OVERLAND PARK	332 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gates	Iola	462 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Iola	Iola	458 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1187	Iola	187 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1187	Iola	179 FTE
NAT-TCR	Pilgrim's Feed Mill	Arcadia, WI	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	AJA Construction Services, Inc.	Henderson, NV	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	First Student Lawnside NJ	Lawnside, NJ	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	NeCo Seed Farms, Inc	Garden City, MO	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Stoelzle Glass USA Inc.	Monica, PA	332 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Shenandoah Medical Center	Shenandoah, IA	332 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Les Schwab Headquarters	Bend, OR	332 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Market Basket #49	Rowley, MA	332 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.