Distribution of natural gas · Kansas

Hays Service Center

Hays, KS · ~50 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hays Service Center runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade D.

Hays Service Center: 1.6 TCR = 138% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hays Service Center safety composite

Hays Service Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.0

2016→2024

Hays Service Center injury rate improved

Hays Service Center's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Hays, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 1.6 · 138% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/20
  • PHOTO AMEREN ILLINOIS - So…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AMEREN ILLINOIS - Southern - IL Gas Ops (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hays Service Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hays Service Center averages 1.6 TCR (138% of the Distribution of natural gas BLS benchmark).

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

Hays Service Center TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=2 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Hays Service Center falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 20 Distribution of natural gas employers in Kansas.

Hays Service Center (50 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Hays Service Center
Hays Service Center (50 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Hays Service Center has fewer employees than the Distribution of natural gas median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2022 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2019 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.0 2.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · KS · Hays

1,153 Distribution of natural gas 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 AMEREN ILLINOIS - Southern - IL Gas Ops 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1101 N ARNOLD BLVD ABILENE TX 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aurora Beverly 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bloomington 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ford County Feed Yard, Inc. 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ford County Feeders LLC 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Friona Cattle Feeders North #2 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc 50 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 Faculty Group Practice 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Florence 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sidney Electric Company - Indiana 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pittsburg Distribution 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sanders-Sr Living Community 5451 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brazos Pipe & Steel Fabricators, Inc. 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ashton Place 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE WPVS 50 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.