Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local · Kansas

McPherson T & M

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Mcpherson, KS · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

McPherson T & M runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local workplace, earning a grade B.

McPherson T & M: 2.8 TCR = 63% of Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

McPherson T & M safety composite

McPherson T & M scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

Rising injury rate

McPherson T & M: 0.0 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.05× in 2018

McPherson T & M's TCR rose 5.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484220 · Mcpherson, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 63% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #4/11
PHOTO Indianapolis
BOOK 3y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Indianapolis (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.8
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2.8
Carolina Sunro

2.8
James R. Posha

2.8
Bob's Moraine

2.8

What this shows McPherson T & M averages 2.8 TCR (63% of the Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local BLS benchmark).

McPherson T & M TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=5.9 · BLS 4.5

Where McPherson T & M falls in its industry

1,130 Specialized Freight (except Us establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade B

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 11 Specialized Freight (except Us employers in Kansas.

McPherson T & M (36 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4

McPherson T & M has fewer employees than the Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2018	5.9	3.0	2
2017	2.5	2.5	1
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484220 · KS · Mcpherson

1,130 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Indianapolis	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Carolina Sunrock Interhaul Transportation	BUTNER, NC	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	James R. Poshard & Son, Inc	MT. VERNON, IN	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bob's Moraine Trucking, Inc.	FRANKLIN, OH	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ingalls Feed Yard	INGALLS	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Brookover Feedyard	GARDEN CITY	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HBI & Home Farm	BERN	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lawrence	66044 - LAWRENCE	36 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McPherson Refinery	Mcpherson	525 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Viega LLC - Kansas	Mcpherson	485 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McPherson Hospital, Inc	Mcpherson	377 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McPherson	Mcpherson	305 FTE
NAT-TCR	Evergreen Place - Orland Park	Orland Park, IL	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Albert Lea (Mnalb)	Albert Lea, MN	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lincoln (Nelin)	Lincoln, NE	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Richfield (Ohric)	Richfield, OH	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Design Corrugating	Taylorville, IL	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Peru	Peru, NE	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Division JV15 - Patuxent River Fuels	Nas Patuxent River, MD	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ambulance Service, Inc.	Jacksonville, FL	36 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: 2018, 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.