Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain · Kansas

Scoular Downs

Downs, KS · ~16 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Scoular Downs runs at 292% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain workplace, earning a grade F.

Scoular Downs: 6.4 TCR = 292% of Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Scoular Downs safety composite

Scoular Downs scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−0.6

2016→2017

Scoular Downs injury rate improved

Scoular Downs's TCR fell 0.6 from 6.7 in 2016 to 6.1 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.7 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.7 · 2017=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Downs, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.4 · 292% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK #48/53
  • PHOTO Farmers Union Cooper…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Farmers Union Cooperative (0.0 TCR gap)

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Scoular Downs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Scoular Downs averages 6.4 TCR (292% of the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS benchmark).

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

Scoular Downs TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=6.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Scoular Downs falls in its industry

399 Grain elevators merchant whole establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 53 Grain elevators merchant whole employers in Kansas.

Scoular Downs (16 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 020406080 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Scoular Downs
Scoular Downs (16 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Scoular Downs has fewer employees than the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers gra median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 6.1 6.1 1 0 0
2016 6.7 6.7 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · KS · Downs

399 Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 3 employers in Downs, KS · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Farmers Union Cooperative 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Frontier Cooperative Yanka 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Castlewood Farmers Elevator 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Parsons Service Center 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fredonia Shop 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Weitz Company - Kansas Office 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE BG Products El Dorado Print Services Facility 16 FTE
CITY-NEAR Downs Care and Rehabilitation 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR Downs Care and Rehab 48 FTE
NAT-TCR Sioux Falls Airsort (Sdsfa) 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kalamazoo (Mikal) 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR DSAR Lamar 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Forest 6.4 TCR

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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.