Irrigation equipment merchant wholesalers · Kansas

Western Kansas Irrigation, Inc.

Name: Western Kansas Irrigation, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Ulysses, KS · ~88 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 4.8
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Western Kansas Irrigation, Inc. runs at 218% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Irrigation equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Western Kansas Irrigation, Inc.: 4.8 TCR = 218% of Irrigation equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Kansas Irrigation, Inc. safety composite

Western Kansas Irrigation, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

Western Kansas Irrigation, Inc.: 3.4 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.51× in 2024

Western Kansas Irrigation, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.7 from 3.4 in 2023 to 6.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423820 · Ulysses, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.8 · 218% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #23/36
PHOTO Torgerson's - Belgrade
BOOK 2y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Torgerson's - Belgrade (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Western Kansas Irrigation, Inc. averages 4.8 TCR (218% of the Irrigation equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Western Kansas Irrigation, Inc. TCR series: 2023=3.4 · 2024=6.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Western Kansas Irrigation, Inc. falls in its industry

700 Irrigation equipment merchant establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 36 Irrigation equipment merchant employers in Kansas.

Western Kansas Irrigation, Inc. (88 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Western Kansas Irrigation, Inc. has more employees than the Irrigation equipment merchant wholesaler median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2024	6.2	2.5	5	0	0
2023	3.4	1.1	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423820 · KS · Ulysses

700 Irrigation equipment merchant wholesalers 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Torgerson's - Belgrade	BELGRADE, MT	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	New Iberia AG	NEW IBERIA, LA	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Van Wert	VAN WERT, OH, OH	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SYDENSTRICKER IMPLEMENT-DUTZOW	MARTHASVILLE, MO	4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Spandet Dairy KS	CIMARRON	88 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Martin K. Eby Construction Co., Inc. Non Spirit	WICHITA	88 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bedrock Concrete LLC	OLATHE	88 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wray Roofing, Inc	NORTH NEWTON	88 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pioneer Electric Cooperative	Ulysses	69 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pioneer	Ulysses	68 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Grant County Feeders	Ulysses	63 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ulysses Feedyard	Ulysses	55 FTE
NAT-TCR	Tailor Welded Blanks Innovation	Valley City, OH	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	001 Griffith IN	Griffith, IN	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	USA Idaho Falls 2140 N Skyline Dr	Idaho Falls, ID	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Danbury Columbus	Columbus, OH	4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Roto Frank of America, Inc.	Chester, CT	88 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Windsor Skyline Care Center	Salinas, CA	88 FTE
NAT-SIZE	La Prima Food Group	College Park, MD	88 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lyndhurst	Lyndhurst, NJ	88 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.