Hydraulic hoses (without fitting), rubber or plastics, manufacturing · Kansas

Gates

Iola, KS · ~462 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gates runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hydraulic hoses (without fitting), rubber or plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Gates: 1.5 TCR = 46% of Hydraulic hoses (without fitting), rubber or plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gates safety composite

Gates scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−0.7

2016→2024

Gates injury rate improved

Gates's TCR fell 0.7 from 2.0 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=1.3 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 46% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO Flexaust Co
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~462 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Flexaust Co (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gates in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gates averages 1.5 TCR (46% of the Hydraulic hoses (without fitting), rubber or plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Gates TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=1.3 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Gates falls in its industry

160 Hydraulic hoses (without fitti establishments

Safer than 83% 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 #2 safest of 5 Hydraulic hoses (without fitti employers in Kansas.

Gates (462 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 132 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Gates
Gates (462 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 132 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Gates has more employees than the Hydraulic hoses (without fitting), rubbe 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
2024 1.3 0.3 4 0 0
2018 1.3 0.6 7 0 0
2017 1.5 0.9 10 0 0
2016 2.0 1.3 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326220 · KS · Iola

160 Hydraulic hoses (without fitting), rubber or plastics, 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Flexaust Co 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ace Sanitary 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ContiTech Thermopol LLC - Continental, New Hampshire 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cornejo & Sons, LLC 461 FTE
STATE-SIZE KSWIC017 ASCENSION VIA CHRISTI MANHATTAN 461 FTE
STATE-SIZE HHI CFC Kansas 464 FTE
STATE-SIZE US Foods Kansas City 465 FTE
CITY-NEAR Iola 458 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gates Corporation Iola KS 332 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1187 187 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1187 179 FTE
NAT-TCR Carson Valley Inn 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR IDT Tools 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Osprey Point Nursing Center 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Reynoldsburg, OH 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crossville TN Complex 462 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mastronardi Produce 462 FTE
NAT-SIZE J A Riggs Tractor Company 462 FTE
NAT-SIZE ZF-North Charleston 462 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, 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.