General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Kansas
Kansas City, KS
Kansas City, KS · ~94 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kansas City, KS runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade B.
Kansas City, KS: 2.4 TCR = 53% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kansas City, KS safety composite
Kansas City, KS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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)
- C 2.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
Kansas City, KS: 2.5 → 5.7 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2.39× in 2024
Kansas City, KS's TCR rose 3.2 from 2.5 in 2017 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Kansas City, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 53% of ind
- DART 5.7 DART
- RANK #12/41
- PHOTO Monroe, OH - Gateway…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~94 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Monroe, OH - Gateway Blvd (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kansas City, KS in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Kansas City, KS
2.4 TCR
- Monroe, OH - G
Monroe, OH - Gateway Blvd
2.4 TCR
- RCS Trucking &
RCS Trucking & Freight Inc.
2.4 TCR
- Wetumpka, AL -
Wetumpka, AL - 195 Gossom Switch Rd
2.4 TCR
- RLTL CHEEKTOWA
RLTL CHEEKTOWAGA
2.4 TCR
What this shows Kansas City, KS averages 2.4 TCR (53% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Kansas City, KS TCR series: 2017=2.5 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 4.5
Where Kansas City, KS falls in its industry
3,252 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 41 General freight trucking, long employers in Kansas.
Kansas City, KS has more employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · KS · Kansas City
3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 367 employers in Kansas City, 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 | Monroe, OH - Gateway Blvd | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RCS Trucking & Freight Inc. | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wetumpka, AL - 195 Gossom Switch Rd | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RLTL CHEEKTOWAGA | 2.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Mechanical Systems Inc | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Diebold Nixdorf Olathe KS | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LG Barcus and Sons Inc. | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | McCray Lumber - Fairfax | 94 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - MKC6 | 3,116 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : MKC6 | 2,912 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fairfax Assembly and Stamping | 2,772 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER | 1,091 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | WLS Stamping | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Corporate Graphics Commercial - MN - 0027 | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hauppauge | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | American Concrete Products | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Otis Elevator Company-Chicago Suburbs | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Otis Elevator Company-Raleigh Durham | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bauer Inc | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Elite Fuels Transportation Inc | 94 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.