underground utility locating · Kansas

Kansas (KS) 2601

Wichita, KS · ~291 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kansas (KS) 2601 runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical underground utility locating workplace, earning a grade C.

Kansas (KS) 2601: 2.4 TCR = 90% of underground utility locating BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kansas (KS) 2601 safety composite

Kansas (KS) 2601 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−1.1

2016→2017

Kansas (KS) 2601 injury rate improved

Kansas (KS) 2601's TCR fell 1.1 from 2.9 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561990 · Wichita, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 90% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK P65
  • PHOTO 102 Middleburg Heights
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~291 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 102 Middleburg Heights (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kansas (KS) 2601 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kansas (KS) 2601 averages 2.4 TCR (90% of the underground utility locating BLS benchmark).

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

Kansas (KS) 2601 TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=1.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Kansas (KS) 2601 falls in its industry

208 underground utility locating establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Kansas (KS) 2601 (291 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kansas (KS) 2601
Kansas (KS) 2601 (291 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Kansas (KS) 2601 has more employees than the underground utility locating median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2017 1.8 0.5 4 0 0
2016 2.9 2.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561990 · KS · Wichita

208 underground utility locating 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 102 Middleburg Heights 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heath Consultants Incorporated--Greensburg 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Christus St. Michael Hospital - Transport 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR COAT Flagging 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Liberty Fruit Co. 290 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jeffrey Energy Center 292 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mammoth Sports Construction 290 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sharpline Converting, Inc. 290 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 0460 - Katy, Tx 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Roofing Contractor 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Global Mining : Fort Worth TX TXM 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Seattle Auto Shop (Wasau) 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Carrollton ConAgra Foods Refrigerated dough 291 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pistachio Plant 291 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodrich ES - Atlantic Inertial Systems 291 FTE
NAT-SIZE Philips 801 Plum 291 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.