Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing · Kansas

George Lay Signs, Inc.

Wichata, KS · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

George Lay Signs, Inc. runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

George Lay Signs, Inc.: 3.3 TCR = 99% of Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

George Lay Signs, Inc. safety composite

George Lay Signs, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

George Lay Signs, Inc. held a steady TCR band

George Lay Signs, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 4.8 in 2021 to 5.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339950 · Wichata, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 99% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/10
  • PHOTO ESCO -Watertown
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ESCO -Watertown (0.0 TCR gap)

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George Lay Signs, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows George Lay Signs, Inc. averages 3.3 TCR (99% of the Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

George Lay Signs, Inc. TCR series: 2021=4.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=5 · BLS 3.3

Where George Lay Signs, Inc. falls in its industry

405 Signs and signboards (except p establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 10 Signs and signboards (except p employers in Kansas.

George Lay Signs, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate George Lay Signs, Inc.
George Lay Signs, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.5

George Lay Signs, Inc. has fewer employees than the Signs and signboards (except paper, pape median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 5.0 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.8 4.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339950 · KS · Wichata

405 Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 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 ESCO -Watertown 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Visual Branding 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Everbrite LLC - South Milwaukee 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR DON BELL SIGNS, LLC 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Neosho Valley Feeders 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heifer Source, LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pittsburg Service Center 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Beloit District 2 26 FTE
NAT-TCR SODEXO AT LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Food 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Green Meadows Design & Landscaping, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Vail Place 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Pure Fishing - Spirit Lake 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fontana Construction Inc 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Red Cross - 25 Tibet Ave 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE U705 - Scalzo (120 Brookley) 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cherrylake Inc. - VB 26 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, 2021. 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.