Salt water disposal systems, oil and gas field, on a contract basis · Kansas

Nichols Fluid Service, INC

Liberal, KS · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
1.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nichols Fluid Service, INC runs at 215% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Salt water disposal systems, oil and gas field, on a contract basis workplace, earning a grade F.

Nichols Fluid Service, INC: 4.1 TCR = 215% of Salt water disposal systems, oil and gas field, on a contract basis BLS 1.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nichols Fluid Service, INC safety composite

Nichols Fluid Service, INC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.2

2019→2020

Nichols Fluid Service, INC injury rate improved

Nichols Fluid Service, INC's TCR fell 8.2 from 8.2 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.2 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 213112 · Liberal, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.1 · 215% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P6
  • PHOTO Longview TX
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Longview TX (0.1 TCR gap)

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Nichols Fluid Service, INC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nichols Fluid Service, INC averages 4.1 TCR (215% of the Salt water disposal systems, oil and gas field, on a contract basis BLS benchmark).

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

Nichols Fluid Service, INC TCR series: 2019=8.2 · 2020=0 · BLS 1.9

Where Nichols Fluid Service, INC falls in its industry

467 Salt water disposal systems, o establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Nichols Fluid Service, INC (23 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 122 employees and a TCR of 0.9 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 012345 Average employees Total Case Rate Nichols Fluid Service, INC
Nichols Fluid Service, INC (23 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 122 employees and a TCR of 0.9

Nichols Fluid Service, INC has fewer employees than the Salt water disposal systems, oil and gas median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.2 8.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

213112 · KS · Liberal

467 Salt water disposal systems, oil and gas field, on a contract basis employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 34 employers in Liberal, 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 Longview TX 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pleasanton TX 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR R&R Workover Rig Services LLC. 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oklahoma 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cobalt Cattle Company LLC - Corporate 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Syracuse Feedyard 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steven Cox Associates 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heinen Brothers Ag - Office 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR National Beef Packing Company 3,181 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southwest Medical Center 530 FTE
CITY-NEAR NCI - LIBERAL 456 FTE
CITY-NEAR 799 313 FTE
NAT-TCR Atlantic Precast Concrete, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ace Hardware Retail Support Center, Gainesville 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Center for Medical Arts 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Penn Aluminum International LLC (Harlingen) 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Buffalo Shop 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hudson Care and Rehab Center 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Petite Chou Broad Ripple 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Terre Haute Branch 23 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: 2020, 2019. 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.