Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing · Kansas

Viega LLC McPherson KS - Manufacturing

Mcpherson, KS · ~228 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Viega LLC McPherson KS - Manufacturing runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Viega LLC McPherson KS - Manufacturing: 5.4 TCR = 165% of Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Viega LLC McPherson KS - Manufacturing safety composite

Viega LLC McPherson KS - Manufacturing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−1.1

2017→2021

Viega LLC McPherson KS - Manufacturing injury rate improved

Viega LLC McPherson KS - Manufacturing's TCR fell 1.1 from 5.9 in 2017 to 4.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.9 · 2018=4.0 · 2019=7.0 · 2021=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326122 · Mcpherson, KS ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 165% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #6/10
  • PHOTO Keeney Holdings LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~228 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Keeney Holdings LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Viega LLC McPherson KS - Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Viega LLC McPherson KS - Manufacturing averages 5.4 TCR (165% of the Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Viega LLC McPherson KS - Manufacturing TCR series: 2017=5.9 · 2018=4 · 2019=7 · 2021=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Viega LLC McPherson KS - Manufacturing falls in its industry

332 Fittings and unions, rigid pla establishments

Safer than 30% 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 #6 safest of 10 Fittings and unions, rigid pla employers in Kansas.

Viega LLC McPherson KS - Manufacturing (228 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Viega LLC McPherson KS - Manufacturing
Viega LLC McPherson KS - Manufacturing (228 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Viega LLC McPherson KS - Manufacturing has more employees than the Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe 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
2021 4.8 2.8 12 0 0
2019 7.0 4.1 17 0 0
2018 4.0 1.3 9 0 0
2017 5.9 3.0 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326122 · KS · Mcpherson

332 Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 53 employers in Mcpherson, 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 Keeney Holdings LLC 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.--Mendota 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR STEELE PLASTICS LLC 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR IPEX - PINEVILLE 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hi Lo Industries 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 111 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 242 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE SAFC Biosciences 229 FTE
CITY-NEAR McPherson Refinery 525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Viega LLC - Kansas 485 FTE
CITY-NEAR McPherson Hospital, Inc 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR McPherson 305 FTE
NAT-TCR Weldship Texas 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Humana Pharmacy 1 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Pressure Cast 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR University Nursing Center 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Materne Nampa 228 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Willmington, PA 228 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sutter Shared Lab, LLC (470-8817) 228 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cabool, MO 228 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.