Distribution line, sewer and water, construction · Nebraska

Midlands Contracting, Inc.

Kearney, NE · ~49 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midlands Contracting, Inc. runs at 293% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution line, sewer and water, construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Midlands Contracting, Inc.: 8.2 TCR = 293% of Distribution line, sewer and water, construction BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midlands Contracting, Inc. safety composite

Midlands Contracting, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

Midlands Contracting, Inc.: 4.5 → 7.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 11.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2023

Midlands Contracting, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.7 from 4.5 in 2016 to 7.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Kearney, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 293% of ind

  • DART 7.2 DART
  • RANK #14/17
  • PHOTO CC Edwards Construct…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CC Edwards Construction, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midlands Contracting, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midlands Contracting, Inc. averages 8.2 TCR (293% of the Distribution line, sewer and water, construction BLS benchmark).

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

Midlands Contracting, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2018=11.8 · 2019=9.9 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=10.5 · 2023=7.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Midlands Contracting, Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Distribution line, sewer and w establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 17 Distribution line, sewer and w employers in Nebraska.

Midlands Contracting, Inc. (49 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Midlands Contracting, Inc.
Midlands Contracting, Inc. (49 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Midlands Contracting, Inc. has fewer employees than the Distribution line, sewer and water, cons 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
2023 7.2 7.2 4 0 0
2022 10.5 5.2 5 1 0
2021 5.3 1.8 3 0 0
2019 9.9 3.3 6 0 0
2018 11.8 6.8 7 0 0
2016 4.5 1.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · NE · Kearney

1,614 Distribution line, sewer and water, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 100 employers in Kearney, NE · 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 CC Edwards Construction, Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Warren Township Highway Department 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sheila Allman 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Water Wadena 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wood River Dairy 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterloo West 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE MILLARD SPRINKLER INC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ardent Mills Omaha B 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR Filtration : Kearney 1,211 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kearney Facility 1,156 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Office 818 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-26100001-261001 791 FTE
NAT-TCR Deco Paper Products 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Chicago 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Benton, IL 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rimnetics Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gundlach Champion, Inc. 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE G&F Precision Molding INC 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southview - Inver Glen Senior Living 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valassis 49 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, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.