Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, silver oxide-zinc) manufacturing · Kansas

Preco, Inc. -KS

Lenexa, KS · ~54 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Preco, Inc. -KS runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, silver oxide-zinc) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Preco, Inc. -KS: 1.9 TCR = 58% of Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, silver oxide-zinc) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Preco, Inc. -KS safety composite

Preco, Inc. -KS scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.0

2019→2021

Preco, Inc. -KS injury rate improved

Preco, Inc. -KS's TCR fell 2.0 from 2.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.0 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335911 · Lenexa, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/10
  • PHOTO Reaco Battery Servic…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Reaco Battery Service Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Preco, Inc. -KS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Preco, Inc. -KS averages 1.9 TCR (58% of the Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, silver oxide-zinc) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Preco, Inc. -KS TCR series: 2019=2 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Preco, Inc. -KS falls in its industry

161 Alkaline cell storage batterie establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

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 10 Alkaline cell storage batterie employers in Kansas.

Preco, Inc. -KS (54 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Preco, Inc. -KS
Preco, Inc. -KS (54 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Preco, Inc. -KS has fewer employees than the Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., n median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.7 0.0 2 0 0
2019 2.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335911 · KS · Lenexa

161 Alkaline cell storage batteries (i.e., nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, silver oxide-zinc) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 319 employers in Lenexa, 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 Reaco Battery Service Corporation 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mathews Associates Inc 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Industrial Power Source 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR EaglePicher Technologies-East Greenwich 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Great Bend Feeding 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hays 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE HydroChem LLC-EKS 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Collins & Hermann - KC 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR RailCrew Xpress 3,169 FTE
CITY-NEAR LENEXA (KSLEN) 2,266 FTE
CITY-NEAR KSLEN - LENEXA 2,183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kiewit Corporation_9401 Renner Boulevard 1,653 FTE
NAT-TCR Technibus - Canton 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Harris Rebar - Las Vegas Nevada 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Palmer Johnson Power Systems 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR IWCO Direct Little Falls 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Connecticut Coining, Inc. 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Suburban Waste Services 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diebold Nixdorf Arden Hills MN 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crossroads Mobile Maintenance Michigan 54 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: 2021, 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.