Metals service centers · Kansas

Sunshine Metals-Wichita

Wichita, KS · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sunshine Metals-Wichita runs at 337% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade F.

Sunshine Metals-Wichita: 7.4 TCR = 337% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sunshine Metals-Wichita safety composite

Sunshine Metals-Wichita scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Sunshine Metals-Wichita: 3.7 → 11.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 11.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.75× in 2018

Sunshine Metals-Wichita's TCR rose 7.4 from 3.7 in 2016 to 11.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Wichita, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 337% of ind

  • DART 5.6 DART
  • RANK #12/14
  • PHOTO Presby Steel, LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Presby Steel, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sunshine Metals-Wichita in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sunshine Metals-Wichita averages 7.4 TCR (337% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Sunshine Metals-Wichita TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2018=11.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Sunshine Metals-Wichita falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 14 Metals service centers employers in Kansas.

Sunshine Metals-Wichita (31 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sunshine Metals-Wichita
Sunshine Metals-Wichita (31 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Sunshine Metals-Wichita has fewer employees than the Metals service centers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2018 11.1 5.6 4 0 0
2016 3.7 3.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · KS · Wichita

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 841 employers in Wichita, 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 Presby Steel, LLC 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Lafayette a Division of the Oscar Winski Company 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR High Performance Alloys, Inc. - Tipton 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Target Steel 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lariat Feeders, LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barton County Feeders 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1509 W MAPLE INDEPENDENCE KS 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kendall Construction, Inc. 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spirit Aerosystems 11,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR Textron Aviation - Mid Continent 4,359 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wesley Medical Center 2,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-KSWIC062 2,438 FTE
NAT-TCR FaciliCon - Charlotte 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Chambersburg Hospital 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Pheasant Wood 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Compassionate Care Hospice of Alexandria 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Denver (Henderson) Dc 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Runnings DC of Rome NY 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE SA 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Courier Express Jacksonville, FL 31 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: 2018, 2016. 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.