Tanker trucking (e.g., chemical, juice, milk, petroleum), long-distance · Kansas

Western Dairy Transport-Ulysses

Ulysses, KS · ~26 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Dairy Transport-Ulysses runs at 221% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tanker trucking (e.g., chemical, juice, milk, petroleum), long-distance workplace, earning a grade F.

Western Dairy Transport-Ulysses: 9.9 TCR = 221% of Tanker trucking (e.g., chemical, juice, milk, petroleum), long-distance BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Dairy Transport-Ulysses safety composite

Western Dairy Transport-Ulysses scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−2.8

2016→2023

Western Dairy Transport-Ulysses injury rate improved

Western Dairy Transport-Ulysses's TCR fell 2.8 from 18.6 in 2016 to 15.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 18.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.6 · 2017=16.7 · 2018=13.1 · 2019=9.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=15.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Ulysses, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 221% of ind

  • DART 11.9 DART
  • RANK #19/20
  • PHOTO 9613-1101
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 9613-1101 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Dairy Transport-Ulysses in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Dairy Transport-Ulysses averages 9.9 TCR (221% of the Tanker trucking (e.g., chemical, juice, milk, petroleum), long-distance BLS benchmark).

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

Western Dairy Transport-Ulysses TCR series: 2016=18.6 · 2017=16.7 · 2018=13.1 · 2019=9.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=15.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Western Dairy Transport-Ulysses falls in its industry

1,026 Tanker trucking (e.g., chemica establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 20 Tanker trucking (e.g., chemica employers in Kansas.

Western Dairy Transport-Ulysses (26 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Dairy Transport-Ulysses
Western Dairy Transport-Ulysses (26 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Western Dairy Transport-Ulysses has fewer employees than the Tanker trucking (e.g., chemical, juice, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 15.8 11.9 4 0 0
2022 5.8 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 9.4 4.7 2 0 0
2018 13.1 5.3 5 0 0
2017 16.7 14.3 7 0 0
2016 18.6 12.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · KS · Ulysses

1,026 Tanker trucking (e.g., chemical, juice, milk, petroleum), long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 16 employers in Ulysses, 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 9613-1101 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR EL DORADO, AR-DANA DIVISION 2 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mulberry Martin Transport 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kalmbach Trucking 10.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Neosho Valley Feeders 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heifer Source, LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pittsburg Service Center 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Beloit District 2 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Kansas Irrigation, Inc. 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pioneer Electric Cooperative 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pioneer 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grant County Feeders 63 FTE
NAT-TCR GAMMZ Logistics LLC 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Mount Vernon Drive 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Monsignor Bojnowski Manor 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Springfield Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co 9.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mar-Jac Poultry, Inc H & F Transport 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Mobile Outpatient 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Country Gardens Assisted Living 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Empire Wastewater Treatment Plant 26 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.