Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers · Kansas
Hays Ks
Hays, KS · ~35 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hays Ks runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Hays Ks: 3.6 TCR = 165% of Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hays Ks safety composite
Hays Ks scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Hays Ks: 6.2 → 10.4 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 2.29× in 2024
Hays Ks's TCR rose 4.2 from 6.2 in 2016 to 10.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424490 · Hays, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 165% of ind
- DART 8.3 DART
- RANK #5/13
- PHOTO Phoenix, AZ
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~35 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Phoenix, AZ (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hays Ks in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Hays Ks
3.6 TCR
- Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
3.6 TCR
- WI - Racine -
WI - Racine - 3131 Phillips Ave - The American Bottling Company
3.6 TCR
- Coca-Cola Bott
Coca-Cola Bottling of Winona
3.6 TCR
- OK - Oklahoma
OK - Oklahoma City - 5200 SW 36th St Ste 600 - The American Bottling Company
3.6 TCR
What this shows Hays Ks averages 3.6 TCR (165% of the Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Hays Ks TCR series: 2016=6.2 · 2017=6 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=3 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=10.4 · BLS 2.2
Where Hays Ks falls in its industry
1,278 Other Grocery and Related Prod establishmentsSafer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.
Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 13 Other Grocery and Related Prod employers in Kansas.
Hays Ks has fewer employees than the Other Grocery and Related Products Merch median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 | 10.4 | 8.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424490 · KS · Hays
1,278 Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 54 employers in Hays, 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 | Phoenix, AZ | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WI - Racine - 3131 Phillips Ave - The American Bottling Company | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Coca-Cola Bottling of Winona | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OK - Oklahoma City - 5200 SW 36th St Ste 600 - The American Bottling Company | 3.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Brookover Feed Yard | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Southern Pioneer Electric Company Liberal District | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kansas City Office | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tom's Ditching & Backhoe, Inc. | 35 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hays Medical Center | 1,343 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 664 | 368 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 664 | 362 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | EnerSys Hays | 274 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Goldman Equipment, LLC - Mer Rouge | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Owensboro | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pend Oreille Surgery Center, llc | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | BF | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Waterproofing | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Norwalk Store | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Manchester Store | 35 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.