Ball valves, industrial-type, manufacturing · Kansas

Salina Vortex Corp DBA Vortex

Salina, KS · ~263 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Salina Vortex Corp DBA Vortex runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Ball valves, industrial-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Salina Vortex Corp DBA Vortex: 2.2 TCR = 65% of Ball valves, industrial-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Salina Vortex Corp DBA Vortex safety composite

Salina Vortex Corp DBA Vortex scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.7

2020→2021

Salina Vortex Corp DBA Vortex injury rate improved

Salina Vortex Corp DBA Vortex's TCR fell 0.7 from 2.5 in 2020 to 1.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.5 · 2021=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332911 · Salina, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO Swagelok Highland/Fa…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~263 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Swagelok Highland/Falon (0.0 TCR gap)

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Salina Vortex Corp DBA Vortex in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Salina Vortex Corp DBA Vortex averages 2.2 TCR (65% of the Ball valves, industrial-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Salina Vortex Corp DBA Vortex TCR series: 2020=2.5 · 2021=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Salina Vortex Corp DBA Vortex falls in its industry

298 Ball valves, industrial-type, establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Ball valves, industrial-type, employers in Kansas.

Salina Vortex Corp DBA Vortex (263 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Salina Vortex Corp DBA Vortex
Salina Vortex Corp DBA Vortex (263 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Salina Vortex Corp DBA Vortex has more employees than the Ball valves, industrial-type, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2021 1.8 0.0 5 0 0
2020 2.5 0.7 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332911 · KS · Salina

298 Ball valves, industrial-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 136 employers in Salina, 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 Swagelok Highland/Falon 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR IMI Critical Engineering 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR AWC Deer Park Valve Shop 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Fluid Controls, Inc. 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kansas City Steak Company 263 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hostess Brands LLC- Corporate 263 FTE
STATE-SIZE Leading Technology Composites 263 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2893 263 FTE
CITY-NEAR SALINA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER 1,959 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Francis Ministries 1,426 FTE
CITY-NEAR SALINA PLANT 1,055 FTE
CITY-NEAR SALINA PLANT - EAST 1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR Health & Human Services - Citizen's Building 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Triton Marine Construction Corp. HAWAII 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR John Deere Reman Springfield - Engine Factory 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Brooks Instrument Trevose 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE RLA Investments Inc 263 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Texas Food 263 FTE
NAT-SIZE Paslin - Cherry Creek 263 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parkview Home Health Care 263 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. 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.