CONSTRUCTION · Kansas

Sunflower Paving, Inc

Lawrence, KS · ~116 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sunflower Paving, Inc runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical CONSTRUCTION workplace, earning a grade C.

Sunflower Paving, Inc: 3.2 TCR = 113% of CONSTRUCTION BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sunflower Paving, Inc safety composite

Sunflower Paving, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

2019→2024

Sunflower Paving, Inc injury rate improved

Sunflower Paving, Inc's TCR fell 0.7 from 2.5 in 2019 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.5 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=3.6 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Lawrence, KS ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 113% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #21/49
  • PHOTO Antigo Construction,…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~116 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Antigo Construction, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sunflower Paving, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sunflower Paving, Inc averages 3.2 TCR (113% of the CONSTRUCTION BLS benchmark).

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

Sunflower Paving, Inc TCR series: 2019=2.5 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=3.6 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Sunflower Paving, Inc falls in its industry

4,078 CONSTRUCTION establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 49 CONSTRUCTION employers in Kansas.

Sunflower Paving, Inc (116 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Sunflower Paving, Inc
Sunflower Paving, Inc (116 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Sunflower Paving, Inc has more employees than the CONSTRUCTION median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 1.8 1.8 2 0 0
2021 3.6 3.6 4 0 0
2020 4.8 3.6 3 1 0
2019 2.5 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · KS · Lawrence

4,078 CONSTRUCTION employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 96 employers in Lawrence, 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 Antigo Construction, Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Construction 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trebor Shoring Rentals - LA 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Delray Beach Yard 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bob Bergkamp Construction 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Compass Minerals - Lyons Evaporation Plant 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Top Master 3016 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aerospace Systems & Components, Inc. 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berry Global 905 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hallmark Cards - Greetings Production Plant 807 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amarr Entrematic 717 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 484 348 FTE
NAT-TCR Hajoca 738 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Little Rock, AR 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Greenside Corp 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Famous Dave's - Plymouth 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Continental Electronics Corporation 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE RMH Foods LLC 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE 992 Moreno Valley DC 116 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.