Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction · Kansas
Koss Construction Company
Topeka, KS · ~180 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Koss Construction Company runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction workplace, earning a grade D.
Koss Construction Company: 4.3 TCR = 155% of Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Koss Construction Company safety composite
Koss Construction Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.34 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% 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%).
TCR Δ
−4.8
2017→2024
Koss Construction Company injury rate improved
Koss Construction Company's TCR fell 4.8 from 5.4 in 2017 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=5.4 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=0.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Topeka, KS ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 155% of ind
- DART 0.6 DART
- RANK #30/49
- PHOTO Western Construction…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 69 inj
- SIZE ~180 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Western Construction, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Koss Construction Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Koss Construction Company
4.3 TCR
- Western Constr
Western Construction, Inc.
4.3 TCR
- Simpson Constr
Simpson Construction
4.3 TCR
- E & B PAVING L
E & B PAVING LLC - Concrete
4.3 TCR
- Blue Cube - Tw
Blue Cube - Twinsburg
4.3 TCR
What this shows Koss Construction Company averages 4.3 TCR (155% of the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS benchmark).
Koss Construction Company TCR series: 2017=5.4 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 2.8
Where Koss Construction Company falls in its industry
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, stree establishmentsSafer than 35% 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 #30 safest of 49 Pavement, highway, road, stree employers in Kansas.
Koss Construction Company has more employees than the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge median and a higher 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 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.1 | 4.2 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · KS · Topeka
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 319 employers in Topeka, 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 | Western Construction, Inc. | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Simpson Construction | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | E & B PAVING LLC - Concrete | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Blue Cube - Twinsburg | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Seats Incorporated Spring Hill Kansas | 180 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Town Center Plaza 609 | 180 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 978 | 180 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hutchinson Plant (KPR) | 179 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Stormont Vail Health - Hospital | 2,589 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Goodyear Tire Rubber Company | 1,563 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Goodyear Topeka | 1,499 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus | 1,417 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Central PA Auto Auction Inc | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MAIN | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Helix Water District | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Effingham Il Niccum Facility | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Town of Ledyard | 180 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S.J.Amoroso Construction Co. LLC | 180 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tribunal Supremo | 180 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wohlsen Construction - Pennsylvania | 180 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.