Construction and Mining except Oil Well Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers · Kansas
Berry Material Handling - Topeka
Topeka, KS · ~32 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Berry Material Handling - Topeka runs at 240% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Construction and Mining except Oil Well Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Berry Material Handling - Topeka: 5.3 TCR = 240% of Construction and Mining except Oil Well Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Berry Material Handling - Topeka safety composite
Berry Material Handling - Topeka scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).
22/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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
Berry Material Handling - Topeka: 3.3 → 9.4 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 9.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.79× in 2024
Berry Material Handling - Topeka's TCR rose 6.1 from 3.3 in 2022 to 9.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423810 · Topeka, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 5.3 · 240% of ind
- DART 9.4 DART
- RANK #14/16
- PHOTO Synergy Equipment Ta…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~32 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Synergy Equipment Tampa (0.0 TCR gap)
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Berry Material Handling - Topeka in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Berry Material Handling - Topeka
5.3 TCR
- Synergy Equipm
Synergy Equipment Tampa
5.3 TCR
- Meade Equipmen
Meade Equipment - Louisville
5.3 TCR
- Stribling Equi
Stribling Equipment - Little Rock
5.3 TCR
- NTX - Longview
NTX - Longview
5.3 TCR
What this shows Berry Material Handling - Topeka averages 5.3 TCR (240% of the Construction and Mining except Oil Well Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Berry Material Handling - Topeka TCR series: 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=9.4 · BLS 2.2
Where Berry Material Handling - Topeka falls in its industry
533 Construction and Mining except establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 16 Construction and Mining except employers in Kansas.
Berry Material Handling - Topeka has fewer employees than the Construction and Mining except Oil Well median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423810 · KS · Topeka
533 Construction and Mining except Oil Well Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 319 employers in Topeka, 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 | Synergy Equipment Tampa | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Meade Equipment - Louisville | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Stribling Equipment - Little Rock | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NTX - Longview | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Heritage Beef LLC | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SEABOARD FOODS LP CELL 6 LOADOUT | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SHARP BROS SEED CO | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pishny Restoration Services | 32 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Stormont Vail Health - Hospital | 2,589 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Goodyear Tire Rubber Company | 1,563 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Goodyear Topeka | 1,499 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus | 1,417 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Inner-Tite Corp. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1049 - Glen Allen Broad St | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Albert Freytag, Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 007-RUIDOSO | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bobcat of the Rockies - Windsor | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 343007-Center SD (Kansas City) | MO | MIZ-100 | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Markquart CDJRF, LLC | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Emergency Plumbing Service | 32 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.