Local letter and parcel delivery services (except as part of intercity carrier network, U.S. Postal Service) · Kansas

WKS1

Wichita, KS · ~75 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WKS1 runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Local letter and parcel delivery services (except as part of intercity carrier network, U.S. Postal Service) workplace, earning a grade D.

WKS1: 7.1 TCR = 157% of Local letter and parcel delivery services (except as part of intercity carrier network, U.S. Postal Service) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WKS1 safety composite

WKS1 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 7.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
B 3.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

Rising injury rate

WKS1: 0.0 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 14.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2024

WKS1's TCR rose 4.7 from 0.0 in 2020 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 492210 · Wichita, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.1 · 157% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #7/15
  • PHOTO Next Phase Logistics
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Next Phase Logistics (0.0 TCR gap)

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WKS1 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WKS1 averages 7.1 TCR (157% of the Local letter and parcel delivery services (except as part of intercity carrier network, U.S. Postal Service) BLS benchmark).

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

WKS1 TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=14.4 · 2023=9.2 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 4.5

Where WKS1 falls in its industry

1,452 Local letter and parcel delive establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 11.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 15 Local letter and parcel delive employers in Kansas.

WKS1 (75 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 11.8 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate WKS1
WKS1 (75 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 11.8

WKS1 has fewer employees than the Local letter and parcel delivery service median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 11.8. 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 4.7 3.5 4 0 0
2023 9.2 9.2 8 0 0
2021 14.4 14.4 9 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

492210 · KS · Wichita

1,452 Local letter and parcel delivery services (except as part of intercity carrier network, U.S. Postal Service) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 841 employers in Wichita, 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 Next Phase Logistics 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6458-ZGRC 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Doorstep Delivery Solutions 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6458-ZLGN 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Haren & Laughlin Construction Co., Inc. 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE BT Lenexa 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE F&H Insulation Sales and Services, Inc. 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE BrandSafway Industries, LLC - Kansas City 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spirit Aerosystems 11,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR Textron Aviation - Mid Continent 4,359 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wesley Medical Center 2,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-KSWIC062 2,438 FTE
NAT-TCR Zeeland Farm Services, Inc 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Option One Corporation 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 1225 - Richmond Brandermill 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 1169 - Horn Lake 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE CertainTeed 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Adams Heritage 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raising Cane'S Chicken Fingers C351 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Service Wire Company Phoenix 75 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, 2021, 2020. 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.