Baffles, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing · Kansas

Wabtec Components dba Aero Transportation Products

Mcpherson, KS · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wabtec Components dba Aero Transportation Products runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Baffles, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Wabtec Components dba Aero Transportation Products: 4.6 TCR = 140% of Baffles, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wabtec Components dba Aero Transportation Products safety composite

Wabtec Components dba Aero Transportation Products scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

Wabtec Components dba Aero Transportation Products: 3.4 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.27× in 2023

Wabtec Components dba Aero Transportation Products's TCR rose 2.5 from 3.4 in 2022 to 5.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Mcpherson, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 140% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #8/9
  • PHOTO Trace Metal Industri…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Trace Metal Industries, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wabtec Components dba Aero Transportation Products in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wabtec Components dba Aero Transportation Products averages 4.6 TCR (140% of the Baffles, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Wabtec Components dba Aero Transportation Products TCR series: 2022=3.4 · 2023=5.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Wabtec Components dba Aero Transportation Products falls in its industry

449 Baffles, fabricated metal plat establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Baffles, fabricated metal plat employers in Kansas.

Wabtec Components dba Aero Transportation Products (33 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Wabtec Components dba Aero Transportation Products
Wabtec Components dba Aero Transportation Products (33 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Wabtec Components dba Aero Transportation Products has fewer employees than the Baffles, fabricated metal plate work, ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2023 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2022 3.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · KS · Mcpherson

449 Baffles, fabricated metal plate work, 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 Trace Metal Industries, Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Professional Metal Works 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lexington Metal Fabricators, Inc 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steel & Alloy McDonald 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sunbelt Feed Yard 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Royal Beef Feed Yard 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Linn Willow Creek Dairy LLC 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Upland Pork LLC 33 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 Little Rock Residential Treatment Center 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 3005 San Diego 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pave-Tech Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Martex Fiber 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cadence Ambulatory Surgery Center 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valmet Lansdale 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Varaon-Jon-Roanoke Iop 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Valley Winery, Inc. 33 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.