Electrical signs manufacturing · Kansas

George Lay Signs, Inc.

Wichita, KS · ~26 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

George Lay Signs, Inc. runs at 201% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electrical signs manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

George Lay Signs, Inc.: 6.6 TCR = 201% of Electrical signs manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

George Lay Signs, Inc. safety composite

George Lay Signs, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 14.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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%).

Rising injury rate

George Lay Signs, Inc.: 0.0 → 14.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 14.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2.23× in 2019

George Lay Signs, Inc.'s TCR rose 14.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 14.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 2.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339950 · Wichita, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 201% of ind

  • DART 14.8 DART
  • RANK #8/10
  • PHOTO SPACE/CRAFT WORLDWID…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SPACE/CRAFT WORLDWIDE, INC. (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 6.6 TCR (201% of the Electrical signs 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: 2016=0 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=14.8 · BLS 3.3

Where George Lay Signs, Inc. falls in its industry

405 Electrical signs manufacturing establishments

Safer than 19% 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 #8 safest of 10 Electrical signs manufacturing employers in Kansas.

George Lay Signs, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 6.6) 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 6.6) 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 Electrical signs manufacturing median and a higher 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
2019 14.8 14.8 3 1 0
2018 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2017 8.1 4.0 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339950 · KS · Wichita

405 Electrical signs manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 841 employers in Wichita, 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 SPACE/CRAFT WORLDWIDE, INC. 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kendu POS Corp 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Expansion Opportunities Northboro Physical Plant 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Everbrite - Pardeeville 6.5 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
CITY-NEAR Spirit Aerosystems 11,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR Textron Aviation - Mid Continent 4,359 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wesley Medical Center 2,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-KSWIC062 2,438 FTE
NAT-TCR Midco Commercial 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Shot Gun, Inc. The Barrel Mill 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR NHK Seating of America Tennessee 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Maryland Sheeting and Shoring 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - OH 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hayden WECO 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Black Tooth Brewing Company LLC 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frank Bevins Painting 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: 2019, 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.