Excavation contractors · Kansas

Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc.

Shawnee, KS · ~35 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc. runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc.: 3.9 TCR = 140% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc. safety composite

Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−5.7

2018→2023

Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc. injury rate improved

Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.7 from 10.9 in 2018 to 5.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.9 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Shawnee, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 140% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/12
  • PHOTO California Drilling …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: California Drilling & Blasting (0.0 TCR gap)

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Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc. averages 3.9 TCR (140% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc. TCR series: 2018=10.9 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 12 Excavation contractors employers in Kansas.

Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc. (35 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc.
Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc. (35 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc. has fewer employees than the Excavation contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 5.3 0.0 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.8 0.0 1 0 0
2019 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2018 10.9 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · KS · Shawnee

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 88 employers in Shawnee, 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 California Drilling & Blasting 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR JWright 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SRC Land Development, Inc 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stremler Gravel Inc 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brookover Feed Yard 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Pioneer Electric Company Liberal District 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kansas City Office 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tom's Ditching & Backhoe, Inc. 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DMC1 605 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2855 381 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2855 360 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4611 332 FTE
NAT-TCR Mauser Rancho Plant 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Salem Sparkle 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Day West Liberty Subaru 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Livingston 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Balfour Beatty - Sterling Natural Resources 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Samaritan Center 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wesley Haven Villa 35 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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