Underground cable (e.g., cable television, electricity, telephone) laying · Kansas
Heartland Midwest
Olathe, KS · ~61 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Heartland Midwest runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Underground cable (e.g., cable television, electricity, telephone) laying workplace, earning a grade C.
Heartland Midwest: 2.4 TCR = 85% of Underground cable (e.g., cable television, electricity, telephone) laying BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Heartland Midwest safety composite
Heartland Midwest scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 1.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
−1.6
2016→2023
Heartland Midwest injury rate improved
Heartland Midwest's TCR fell 1.6 from 3.1 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.1 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=1.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237130 · Olathe, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 85% of ind
- DART 1.5 DART
- RANK #5/10
- PHOTO FiberTel LLC
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~61 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: FiberTel LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Heartland Midwest in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Heartland Midwest
2.4 TCR
- FiberTel LLC
FiberTel LLC
2.4 TCR
- ANLAW - Lawren
ANLAW - Lawrenceville- GA
2.4 TCR
- 7102134 FPL Et
7102134 FPL Etonia Creek
2.4 TCR
- FBN Contractin
FBN Contracting LLC.
2.4 TCR
What this shows Heartland Midwest averages 2.4 TCR (85% of the Underground cable (e.g., cable television, electricity, telephone) laying BLS benchmark).
Heartland Midwest TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=1.5 · BLS 2.8
Where Heartland Midwest falls in its industry
1,605 Underground cable (e.g., cable establishmentsSafer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Underground cable (e.g., cable employers in Kansas.
Heartland Midwest has fewer employees than the Underground cable (e.g., cable televisio median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237130 · KS · Olathe
1,605 Underground cable (e.g., cable television, electricity, telephone) laying employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 232 employers in Olathe, 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 | FiberTel LLC | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ANLAW - Lawrenceville- GA | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 7102134 FPL Etonia Creek | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FBN Contracting LLC. | 2.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BRB Contractors | 61 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dahmer Contracting Group LLC | 61 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fuchs Lubricants Company - Kansas City | 61 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Twin Oaks Industries, Inc. | 61 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Garmin International - Olathe | 7,006 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Terracon Consultants Inc | 4,405 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DH Pace Company Inc. | 893 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | TVH Parts Co. America's HQ | 719 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | OFI Ontelaunee Farms | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Unit #2869 | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Unit #2865 | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FiberTel LLC | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Facility Masters of Southern California | 61 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Langley Elementary School | 61 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CA.SAN D.176 - Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc | 61 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Oceana Commissary Retail Grocery | 61 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.