Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Nebraska

Van Kirk Sand & Gravel, Inc.

Sutton, NE · ~111 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Van Kirk Sand & Gravel, Inc. runs at 196% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Van Kirk Sand & Gravel, Inc.: 5.5 TCR = 196% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Van Kirk Sand & Gravel, Inc. safety composite

Van Kirk Sand & Gravel, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Van Kirk Sand & Gravel, Inc.: 7.0 → 7.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.41× in 2021

Van Kirk Sand & Gravel, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.4 from 7.0 in 2016 to 7.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Sutton, NE ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 196% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #11/17
  • PHOTO Adams Robinson Enter…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~111 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Adams Robinson Enterprises, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Van Kirk Sand & Gravel, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Van Kirk Sand & Gravel, Inc. averages 5.5 TCR (196% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

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

Van Kirk Sand & Gravel, Inc. TCR series: 2016=7 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=7.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Van Kirk Sand & Gravel, Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 17 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Nebraska.

Van Kirk Sand & Gravel, Inc. (111 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Van Kirk Sand & Gravel, Inc.
Van Kirk Sand & Gravel, Inc. (111 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Van Kirk Sand & Gravel, Inc. has more employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const 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
2021 7.5 2.2 10 0 0
2020 2.8 1.4 4 0 0
2019 5.6 3.5 8 0 0
2018 4.5 2.2 6 0 0
2016 7.0 3.1 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · NE · Sutton

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 3 employers in Sutton, NE · 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 Adams Robinson Enterprises, Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roberts Excavation Corporation 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR MACONCRETE 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Malphrus Utilities, LLC 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mid-America Feed Yard 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHE - Lincoln (NE008) 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE John Henry's Plumbing Heating and Air 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE Falewitch Construction Services 111 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutton Community Home, Inc. 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR George Brothers Propane & Fertilizer 21 FTE
NAT-TCR MPV 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Doerfler Farms, Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Chapin Home For The Aging 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mem Hosp of Salem County 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alcami Corporation - MCC 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE TMS Calvert 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sakuma Bros Processing 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tampa, FL HVAC 111 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.