General medical and surgical hospitals · Kansas

South Central Kansas Medical Center

Arkansas City, KS · ~179 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Central Kansas Medical Center runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade A.

South Central Kansas Medical Center: 1.9 TCR = 25% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Central Kansas Medical Center safety composite

South Central Kansas Medical Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−3.7

2023→2024

South Central Kansas Medical Center injury rate improved

South Central Kansas Medical Center's TCR fell 3.7 from 3.8 in 2023 to 0.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.8 · 2024=0.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Arkansas City, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 25% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/136
  • PHOTO Stanislaus Surgical
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~179 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stanislaus Surgical (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Central Kansas Medical Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Central Kansas Medical Center averages 1.9 TCR (25% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).

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

South Central Kansas Medical Center TCR series: 2023=3.8 · 2024=0.1 · BLS 7.5

Where South Central Kansas Medical Center falls in its industry

6,862 General medical and surgical h establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 136 General medical and surgical h employers in Kansas.

South Central Kansas Medical Center (179 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 02,0004,0006,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate South Central Kansas Medical Center
South Central Kansas Medical Center (179 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

South Central Kansas Medical Center has fewer employees than the General medical and surgical hospitals median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2024 0.1 0.0 11 0 0
2023 3.8 1.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · KS · Arkansas City

6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 32 employers in Arkansas City, 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 Stanislaus Surgical 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aultworks Hills & Dales 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2252-00000623 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aultman Massillon 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hutchinson Plant (KPR) 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE TOPEKA KS - 3291 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1187 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4707 179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Creekstone Farms 1,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC 1,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Strother, KS 775 FTE
CITY-NEAR Services : Strother, KS 663 FTE
NAT-TCR Cascade Designs INC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mw Golden Constructors 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bush Industries 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Legacy Reinforcing Steel LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Foothill Ranch 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE Global Packaging Inc. 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Sacramento 6520 McNair Circle 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seemann Composites, LLC 179 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: 2024, 2023. 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.