Bits, rock drill, construction and surface mining-type, manufacturing · Kansas

Straightline HDD Inc

Hutchinson, KS · ~44 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Straightline HDD Inc runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bits, rock drill, construction and surface mining-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Straightline HDD Inc: 4.4 TCR = 134% of Bits, rock drill, construction and surface mining-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Straightline HDD Inc safety composite

Straightline HDD Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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)
D 4.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

Straightline HDD Inc held a steady TCR band

Straightline HDD Inc's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.3 in 2020 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.3 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333120 · Hutchinson, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 134% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #4/13
  • PHOTO Bandit Industries, I…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bandit Industries, Inc. - West (0.0 TCR gap)

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Straightline HDD Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Straightline HDD Inc averages 4.4 TCR (134% of the Bits, rock drill, construction and surface mining-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Straightline HDD Inc TCR series: 2020=2.3 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Straightline HDD Inc falls in its industry

400 Bits, rock drill, construction establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

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 13 Bits, rock drill, construction employers in Kansas.

Straightline HDD Inc (44 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Straightline HDD Inc
Straightline HDD Inc (44 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Straightline HDD Inc has fewer employees than the Bits, rock drill, construction and surfa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2024 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2023 6.3 2.1 3 0 0
2022 6.1 2.0 3 0 0
2021 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2020 2.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333120 · KS · Hutchinson

400 Bits, rock drill, construction and surface mining-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 94 employers in Hutchinson, 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 Bandit Industries, Inc. - West 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR FINNCO SERVICES 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kimble Manufacturing Company 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Savannah Manufacturing 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Garden City Complex 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Butler Rural Electric Cooperative 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Titan Built, LLC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Titan Built, LLC 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System 1,003 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hutchinson Regional Medical Center 956 FTE
CITY-NEAR 794 363 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 794 336 FTE
NAT-TCR Fareway Stores, Inc. 043 Omaha 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Covenant Village 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR CORE Contractors 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 2418-Hyatt Place Knoxville 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Howard Grote & Sons Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE D.T.S.S. Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hillsborough 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carrol Materials (ASC Limerick) 44 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, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.