Jacks, hydraulic and pneumatic, manufacturing · Kansas

Vektek Kansas

Emporia, KS · ~102 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vektek Kansas runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Jacks, hydraulic and pneumatic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Vektek Kansas: 3.4 TCR = 104% of Jacks, hydraulic and pneumatic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vektek Kansas safety composite

Vektek Kansas scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.9

2017→2020

Vektek Kansas injury rate improved

Vektek Kansas's TCR fell 2.9 from 6.3 in 2017 to 3.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.3 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333999 · Emporia, KS ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 104% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Komline-Barnes
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Komline-Barnes (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vektek Kansas in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vektek Kansas averages 3.4 TCR (104% of the Jacks, hydraulic and pneumatic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Vektek Kansas TCR series: 2017=6.3 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Vektek Kansas falls in its industry

242 Jacks, hydraulic and pneumatic establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Jacks, hydraulic and pneumatic employers in Kansas.

Vektek Kansas (102 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 02004006008001,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Vektek Kansas
Vektek Kansas (102 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Vektek Kansas has more employees than the Jacks, hydraulic and pneumatic, manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2020 3.4 1.1 2 1 0
2019 0.7 0.0 0 1 0
2017 6.3 1.8 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333999 · KS · Emporia

242 Jacks, hydraulic and pneumatic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 63 employers in Emporia, 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 Komline-Barnes 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reichard Industries 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR LPOA Factory & Field 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bellowstech 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lakin Dairy LLP 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE 7000 W. 206th Street 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE PROSOCO 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Serrmi Products 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR EMPORIA PET FOOD 848 FTE
CITY-NEAR Emporia Plant 846 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hostess Brands LLC- Emporia 628 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newman Regional Health 600 FTE
NAT-TCR Union City 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR New Jersey American Water - Delran 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Luxury Cars of Greenwich 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Industrial Fabrics, Inc 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Waldorf Center 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pine Lodge Center 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE 17th Street 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE MVP Tuscumbia 102 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: 2020, 2019, 2017. 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.