Baking chocolate made from purchased chocolate · Kansas

Abilene

Abilene, KS · ~620 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Abilene runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Baking chocolate made from purchased chocolate workplace, earning a grade B.

Abilene: 3.0 TCR = 71% of Baking chocolate made from purchased chocolate BLS 4.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Abilene safety composite

Abilene scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 61% 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

−1.5

2016→2023

Abilene injury rate improved

Abilene's TCR fell 1.5 from 4.2 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=1.6 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311352 · Abilene, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.0 · 71% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO Chris Candies, Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 108 inj
  • SIZE ~620 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chris Candies, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Abilene in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Abilene averages 3.0 TCR (71% of the Baking chocolate made from purchased chocolate BLS benchmark).

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

Abilene TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=1.6 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=2.8 · BLS 4.2

Where Abilene falls in its industry

86 Baking chocolate made from pur establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Baking chocolate made from pur employers in Kansas.

Abilene (620 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 122 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Abilene
Abilene (620 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 122 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Abilene has more employees than the Baking chocolate made from purchased cho median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 2.8 1.8 12 0 0
2022 2.7 2.0 11 1 0
2020 1.6 1.4 8 0 0
2019 3.9 1.6 20 0 0
2018 2.3 2.3 13 0 0
2017 3.4 2.4 19 1 0
2016 4.2 3.6 25 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311352 · KS · Abilene

86 Baking chocolate made from purchased chocolate employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 19 employers in Abilene, 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 Chris Candies, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Hershey Co Hazleton 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hershey - Hazleton Plant 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CD Investors, LLC/Production Facility 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Thermo Fisher Scientific Lenexa, KS (MBD) 617 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atlas Aerospace 625 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hostess Brands LLC- Emporia 628 FTE
STATE-SIZE B/E Aerospace Inc (Lenexa KS) 631 FTE
CITY-NEAR MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM 436 FTE
CITY-NEAR Abilene - Landpride 294 FTE
CITY-NEAR Great Plains Manufacturing Inc. - Abilene West 275 FTE
CITY-NEAR Great Plains Manufacturing Abilene East Plant 214 FTE
NAT-TCR Store 0595 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Northampton County 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Carrington Elementary School 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Washington Elementary 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE SL Alabama 620 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital 620 FTE
NAT-SIZE Masterbrand Cabinets LLC 620 FTE
NAT-SIZE 100 College New Haven 620 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.