Commercial Bakeries · Kansas

196 Merriam KS

Merriam, KS · ~34 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

196 Merriam KS runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Commercial Bakeries workplace, earning a grade C.

196 Merriam KS: 3.8 TCR = 114% of Commercial Bakeries BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

196 Merriam KS safety composite

196 Merriam KS scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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

−7.5

2020→2021

196 Merriam KS injury rate improved

196 Merriam KS's TCR fell 7.5 from 7.5 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.5 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311812 · Merriam, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 114% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/17
  • PHOTO Kwik Trip Bakery 779
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kwik Trip Bakery 779 (0.0 TCR gap)

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196 Merriam KS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 196 Merriam KS averages 3.8 TCR (114% of the Commercial Bakeries BLS benchmark).

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

196 Merriam KS TCR series: 2020=7.5 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where 196 Merriam KS falls in its industry

1,014 Commercial Bakeries establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 17 Commercial Bakeries employers in Kansas.

196 Merriam KS (34 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 01,0002,0003,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate 196 Merriam KS
196 Merriam KS (34 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4

196 Merriam KS has fewer employees than the Commercial Bakeries median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.5 7.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311812 · KS · Merriam

1,014 Commercial Bakeries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 24 employers in Merriam, 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 Kwik Trip Bakery 779 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SnackWorks 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Famarock dba Rockenwagner 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flowers Baking Company 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE High Choice Feeders LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Garden City Transmission 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Emporia Service Center 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rau Construction Company 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR IBT, Inc. 374 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cohen Esrey 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR 96920030-103 DS BUS LINES, INC.-MERRIAM 215 FTE
CITY-NEAR IKEA #374 Merriam 201 FTE
NAT-TCR Gardner-Fields, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR GAM Enterprises 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 1208 - Nw Houston Tx Whse 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Parts Pro Store #4 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE The G.C. Broach Company - Shop 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Treeo Senior Living 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Monson Nicholas, Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arcadia Inc. - ANV 34 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, 2020. 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.