Cooking utensils, fabricated metal, manufacturing · Kansas

Carlson Products LLC

Maize, KS · ~86 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carlson Products LLC runs at 249% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cooking utensils, fabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Carlson Products LLC: 8.2 TCR = 249% of Cooking utensils, fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carlson Products LLC safety composite

Carlson Products LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.4

2017→2021

Carlson Products LLC injury rate improved

Carlson Products LLC's TCR fell 1.4 from 11.7 in 2017 to 10.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.7 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=9.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=10.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332215 · Maize, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 249% of ind

  • DART 7.4 DART
  • RANK P17
  • PHOTO All-Clad Metalcrafters
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: All-Clad Metalcrafters (0.3 TCR gap)

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Carlson Products LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carlson Products LLC averages 8.2 TCR (249% of the Cooking utensils, fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Carlson Products LLC TCR series: 2017=11.7 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=9.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=10.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Carlson Products LLC falls in its industry

52 Cooking utensils, fabricated m establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Carlson Products LLC (86 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Carlson Products LLC
Carlson Products LLC (86 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Carlson Products LLC has more employees than the Cooking utensils, fabricated metal, manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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 10.3 7.4 7 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 9.7 6.2 11 0 0
2018 9.3 4.2 8 1 0
2017 11.7 5.9 9 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332215 · KS · Maize

52 Cooking utensils, fabricated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 6 employers in Maize, 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 All-Clad Metalcrafters 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dexter Russell Southbridge 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mercer Culinary 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Microtech Knives - 321 Fanning Fields 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cal-Maine Foods Inc. Organic 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lawrence Energy Center 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE KCP&L - Johnson County Service Center 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hays Corporate Office 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR Worthington Cylinders Maize 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aero-Tech Engineering 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR WC Maize 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reiloy USA Corporation 70 FTE
NAT-TCR Northwest Transplants 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Humi - Cypress Ca 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Unison Solutions, Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakewood Nj Depot 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Comarco 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Culpeper 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dalbo, MN 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Portland Casting Plant 86 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. 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.