Sand (except industrial) merchant wholesalers · Kansas

Kaw Valley Companies, Inc.

Kansas City, KS · ~107 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kaw Valley Companies, Inc. runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Sand (except industrial) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Kaw Valley Companies, Inc.: 2.2 TCR = 102% of Sand (except industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kaw Valley Companies, Inc. safety composite

Kaw Valley Companies, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.1

2016→2024

Kaw Valley Companies, Inc. injury rate improved

Kaw Valley Companies, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.1 from 3.1 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2018=1.6 · 2024=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423320 · Kansas City, KS ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.2 · 102% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK P67
  • PHOTO Best Supply Columbus
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~107 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Best Supply Columbus (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kaw Valley Companies, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kaw Valley Companies, Inc. averages 2.2 TCR (102% of the Sand (except industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Kaw Valley Companies, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2018=1.6 · 2024=2 · BLS 2.2

Where Kaw Valley Companies, Inc. falls in its industry

158 Sand (except industrial) merch establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Kaw Valley Companies, Inc. (107 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Kaw Valley Companies, Inc.
Kaw Valley Companies, Inc. (107 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Kaw Valley Companies, Inc. has more employees than the Sand (except industrial) merchant wholes 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
2024 2.0 1.0 2 0 0
2018 1.6 0.8 2 0 0
2016 3.1 3.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423320 · KS · Kansas City

158 Sand (except industrial) merchant wholesalers 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 Best Supply Columbus 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cutting Edge Curbing #438 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sunbelt Crushing 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fairbanks Materials Inc. 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE LMI - Wichita - Hillside 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE 415 E 13th 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knit-Rite LLC 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1745 LOWE S OF HUTCHINSON KS 107 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 Woodward Iodine Corporation 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR A & R Contracting 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR IKO Northeast 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sam's Town Hotel Gambling Hall 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Integrity Grading & Excavating Inc. 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE IRP Medical 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE Olean, NY 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metalor Technologies 107 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, 2018, 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.