Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wholesalers · Kansas

Berry Material Handling- Topeka

Name: Berry Material Handling- Topeka Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Topeka, KS · ~26 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.0
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Berry Material Handling- Topeka runs at 317% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Berry Material Handling- Topeka: 7.0 TCR = 317% of Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Berry Material Handling- Topeka safety composite

Berry Material Handling- Topeka scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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 6.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−5.3

2016→2021

Berry Material Handling- Topeka injury rate improved

Berry Material Handling- Topeka's TCR fell 5.3 from 12.7 in 2016 to 7.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.7 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=7.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423830 · Topeka, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 317% of ind

DART 3.7 DART
RANK #10/11
PHOTO JMEC-WI
BOOK 6y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JMEC-WI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Barclay Brand

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What this shows Berry Material Handling- Topeka averages 7.0 TCR (317% of the Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Berry Material Handling- Topeka TCR series: 2016=12.7 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=7.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Berry Material Handling- Topeka falls in its industry

911 Forklift trucks (except log) m establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade F

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 11 Forklift trucks (except log) m employers in Kansas.

Berry Material Handling- Topeka (26 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Berry Material Handling- Topeka has fewer employees than the Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wh median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2021	7.3	3.7	2
2020	3.1	3.1	1
2019	7.2	7.2	2
2018	7.7	0.0	2
2017	3.9	0.0	1
2016	12.7	4.2	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423830 · KS · Topeka

911 Forklift trucks (except log) 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	JMEC-WI	LAKE MILLS, WI	7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	06070-06-06-FONTANA-YALE	FONTANA, CA	7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Gosiger Machine Tools, LLC, Indianapolis, IN	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Barclay Brand Corporation DBA Barclay Brand Ferdon	SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ	7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Neosho Valley Feeders	PARSONS	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Heifer Source, LLC	LIBERAL	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pittsburg Service Center	PITTSBURG	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Beloit District 2	BELOIT	26 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stormont Vail Health - Hospital	Topeka	2,589 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Goodyear Tire Rubber Company	Topeka	1,563 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Goodyear Topeka	Topeka	1,499 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus	Topeka	1,417 FTE
NAT-TCR	Alta Equipment Company Traverse City	Traverse City, MI	7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Eastern Division Roanoke	Roanoke, AL	7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Scarborough Store	Scarborough, ME	7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Amerhart Ltd. - Wind Mill	Sheboygan Falls, WI	7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	White Star Machinery- Tulsa	Tulsa, OK	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Alta Equipment Company Muskegon	Muskegon, MI	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	EMS	Dallas, OR	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Brooks Instrument Trevose	Trevose, PA	26 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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