Petroleum Refineries · Kansas

McPherson Refinery

Mcpherson, KS · ~525 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

McPherson Refinery runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Petroleum Refineries workplace, earning a grade B.

McPherson Refinery: 2.0 TCR = 62% of Petroleum Refineries BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

McPherson Refinery safety composite

McPherson Refinery scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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%).

Rising injury rate

McPherson Refinery: 1.9 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2024

McPherson Refinery's TCR rose 0.4 from 1.9 in 2017 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 324110 · Mcpherson, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 62% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO American Refining Gr…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 78 inj
  • SIZE ~525 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American Refining Group- Bradford (0.0 TCR gap)

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McPherson Refinery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows McPherson Refinery averages 2.0 TCR (62% of the Petroleum Refineries BLS benchmark).

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

McPherson Refinery TCR series: 2017=1.9 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=1 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where McPherson Refinery falls in its industry

198 Petroleum Refineries establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Petroleum Refineries employers in Kansas.

McPherson Refinery (525 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 376 employees and a TCR of 0.5 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 05001,0001,500 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate McPherson Refinery
McPherson Refinery (525 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 376 employees and a TCR of 0.5

McPherson Refinery has more employees than the Petroleum Refineries median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.5. 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
2024 2.3 1.7 12 0 0
2023 1.0 0.8 5 0 0
2022 2.5 2.1 10 3 0
2021 1.7 1.3 8 0 0
2020 1.9 1.5 8 1 0
2019 2.3 1.7 12 0 0
2018 2.9 1.8 14 0 0
2017 1.9 1.4 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

324110 · KS · Mcpherson

198 Petroleum Refineries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 53 employers in Mcpherson, 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 American Refining Group- Bradford 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kern Oil & Refining Co. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR U.S. Oil & Refining Co. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Calcasieu Refining Company 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE WATC Support Services 524 FTE
STATE-SIZE Airxcel 523 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1855-KSWIC001 523 FTE
STATE-SIZE Textron Aviation - Independence 520 FTE
CITY-NEAR Viega LLC - Kansas 485 FTE
CITY-NEAR McPherson Hospital, Inc 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR McPherson 305 FTE
CITY-NEAR Piping Technology Company 273 FTE
NAT-TCR Icc Erie 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Metro Hardwood Glendale Heights 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Plaza Home 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR S03906 - Outer Loop RDF 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE H&K Group 525 FTE
NAT-SIZE McCain Foods Plant #8 525 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Counseling Center 525 FTE
NAT-SIZE ULTRA Aviation Services Miami International Airport 525 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.