Paving blocks, concrete, manufacturing · Missouri

Midwest Block and Brick Kansas City

Kansas City, MO · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwest Block and Brick Kansas City runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paving blocks, concrete, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Midwest Block and Brick Kansas City: 1.5 TCR = 47% of Paving blocks, concrete, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Block and Brick Kansas City safety composite

Midwest Block and Brick Kansas City scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Midwest Block and Brick Kansas City: 0.0 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2.01× in 2017

Midwest Block and Brick Kansas City's TCR rose 3.1 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327331 · Kansas City, MO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 47% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #2/13
  • PHOTO Empire
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Empire (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwest Block and Brick Kansas City in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwest Block and Brick Kansas City averages 1.5 TCR (47% of the Paving blocks, concrete, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Midwest Block and Brick Kansas City TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Midwest Block and Brick Kansas City falls in its industry

321 Paving blocks, concrete, manuf establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 13 Paving blocks, concrete, manuf employers in Missouri.

Midwest Block and Brick Kansas City (29 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Midwest Block and Brick Kansas City
Midwest Block and Brick Kansas City (29 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Midwest Block and Brick Kansas City has fewer employees than the Paving blocks, concrete, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2017 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327331 · MO · Kansas City

321 Paving blocks, concrete, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 1,023 employers in Kansas City, MO · 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 Empire 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texas Best Block - HOUB 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR GMS Lawrenceville Manufacturing 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southland Brick and Block (Murfreesboro) 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Timberview Pullets 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cotton Gin 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ralls County Electric Cooperative 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE 068 - Franklin District 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mass Service Organization 11,859 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hallmark Cards Mass Channel 11,578 FTE
CITY-NEAR Global Merchandising Services (GMS) 9,548 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Mercy - Missouri 7,709 FTE
NAT-TCR Cascades Tissue Group New York Inc - Mechanicville 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Caradon 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR BUNN - Ash Grove 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bernhard MCC L.L.C. MLA 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0109 - Norfolk, Va 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0097 - Raleigh, Nc 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0016 - Modesto, Ca 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid-West Roofing Company 29 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: 2017, 2016. 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.