Houses, prefabricated mobile homes, manufacturing · Indiana

Champion Topeka

Topeka, IN · ~538 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Champion Topeka runs at 274% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Houses, prefabricated mobile homes, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Champion Topeka: 9.0 TCR = 274% of Houses, prefabricated mobile homes, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Champion Topeka safety composite

Champion Topeka scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−1.9

2016→2021

Champion Topeka injury rate improved

Champion Topeka's TCR fell 1.9 from 9.4 in 2016 to 7.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.4 · 2017=12.3 · 2018=10.7 · 2019=5.3 · 2021=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321991 · Topeka, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 274% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK #5/12
  • PHOTO Skyline Corporation
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 209 inj
  • SIZE ~538 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Skyline Corporation (0.1 TCR gap)

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Champion Topeka in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Champion Topeka averages 9.0 TCR (274% of the Houses, prefabricated mobile homes, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Champion Topeka TCR series: 2016=9.4 · 2017=12.3 · 2018=10.7 · 2019=5.3 · 2021=7.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Champion Topeka falls in its industry

175 Houses, prefabricated mobile h establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 12 Houses, prefabricated mobile h employers in Indiana.

Champion Topeka (538 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 175 employees and a TCR of 6.8 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Champion Topeka
Champion Topeka (538 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 175 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Champion Topeka has more employees than the Houses, prefabricated mobile homes, manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.8. 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 7.5 6.6 37 0 0
2019 5.3 3.4 21 4 0
2018 10.7 7.3 52 4 0
2017 12.3 10.2 64 1 0
2016 9.4 6.5 35 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321991 · IN · Topeka

175 Houses, prefabricated mobile homes, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 25 employers in Topeka, IN · 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 Skyline Corporation 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norton Industries 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 005 York 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR LIVE OAK HOMES PLANT #2 8.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Heartland Automotive 538 FTE
STATE-SIZE BSN Sports 538 FTE
STATE-SIZE AFC 537 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mooresville - 9440 South State 540 FTE
CITY-NEAR NISCO-Topeka 564 FTE
CITY-NEAR Champion Home Builders, Inc. 467 FTE
CITY-NEAR Starcraft 378 FTE
CITY-NEAR CrossRoads Plant 522 165 FTE
NAT-TCR The Orchard 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Skeet Club 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR ViaQuest Residential Services - Dayton 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 4598-Rtc Flagstaff 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4818-NYST 538 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leatherman Tool Group 538 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rome Mill 538 FTE
NAT-SIZE MaritzCX Research LLC - Fenton 538 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, 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.