Pipe (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel · Kansas
Taylor Forge Engineered Systems
Paola, KS · ~154 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Taylor Forge Engineered Systems runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pipe (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel workplace, earning a grade D.
Taylor Forge Engineered Systems: 4.0 TCR = 121% of Pipe (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Taylor Forge Engineered Systems safety composite
Taylor Forge Engineered Systems scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
64/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.98 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 86% 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
−3.3
2020→2024
Taylor Forge Engineered Systems injury rate improved
Taylor Forge Engineered Systems's TCR fell 3.3 from 3.8 in 2020 to 0.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=3.8 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=0.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331210 · Paola, KS ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 121% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #3/6
- PHOTO INDUSTRIAL METAL SPE…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 29 inj
- SIZE ~154 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: INDUSTRIAL METAL SPECIALTIES (0.0 TCR gap)
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Taylor Forge Engineered Systems in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Taylor Forge Engineered Systems
4 TCR
- INDUSTRIAL MET
INDUSTRIAL METAL SPECIALTIES
4 TCR
- PTC Liberty Tu
PTC Liberty Tubulars LLC - Liberty Plant
4 TCR
- ACCU-TUBE LLC
ACCU-TUBE LLC
4 TCR
- Atlas Tube Bly
Atlas Tube Blytheville
3.9 TCR
What this shows Taylor Forge Engineered Systems averages 4.0 TCR (121% of the Pipe (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel BLS benchmark).
Taylor Forge Engineered Systems TCR series: 2020=3.8 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=0.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Taylor Forge Engineered Systems falls in its industry
329 Pipe (e.g., heavy riveted, loc establishmentsSafer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Pipe (e.g., heavy riveted, loc employers in Kansas.
Taylor Forge Engineered Systems has more employees than the Pipe (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, s median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331210 · KS · Paola
329 Pipe (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 21 employers in Paola, 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 | INDUSTRIAL METAL SPECIALTIES | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PTC Liberty Tubulars LLC - Liberty Plant | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ACCU-TUBE LLC | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Atlas Tube Blytheville | 3.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 615-00040 | 154 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cotton O'Neil Heart Center | 154 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Allen County Regional Hospital | 154 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Satanta District Hospital & LTCU | 154 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lakemary Center, Inc. (Paola) | 315 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 242 | 228 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 242 | 226 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Doherty Steel | 159 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | High School | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Alessandro Electric, Inc | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Virginia Cashin Recyclables, Inc. | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rural Alaska Community Action Program Inc. | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Emjay Engineering & Construction CO. Inc. | 154 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2249 - Ansonia | 154 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2486 - South Lebanon | 154 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2467 - Park North | 154 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.