Supermarkets · Kansas

Checkers Foods

Lawrence, KS · ~123 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Checkers Foods runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Supermarkets workplace, earning a grade B.

Checkers Foods: 1.9 TCR = 55% of Supermarkets BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Checkers Foods safety composite

Checkers Foods scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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

−3.1

2016→2023

Checkers Foods injury rate improved

Checkers Foods's TCR fell 3.1 from 4.3 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.3 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Lawrence, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 55% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #7/159
  • PHOTO Giant Eagle #0229
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Giant Eagle #0229 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Checkers Foods in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Checkers Foods averages 1.9 TCR (55% of the Supermarkets BLS benchmark).

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

Checkers Foods TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=1.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Checkers Foods falls in its industry

30,654 Supermarkets establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 159 Supermarkets employers in Kansas.

Checkers Foods (123 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Checkers Foods
Checkers Foods (123 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Checkers Foods has more employees than the Supermarkets median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2022 2.6 2.6 2 0 0
2021 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2018 2.2 2.2 2 0 0
2017 2.2 2.2 2 0 0
2016 4.3 4.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · KS · Lawrence

30,654 Supermarkets employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 96 employers in Lawrence, 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 Giant Eagle #0229 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Giant Eagle #4387 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2603-26030112 V12 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 134-EDEN 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sabetha Feed Plant 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE D070-M001 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA KS Andover Plant 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Andale Ready Mix Central, Inc. 123 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berry Global 905 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hallmark Cards - Greetings Production Plant 807 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amarr Entrematic 717 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 484 348 FTE
NAT-TCR Winsupply Richmond RDC LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR DH Pace Door Services/ Door Control Services - Texas 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Hixson 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Prysmian Construction Service Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Forks II 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lind's Plumbing & Heating 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lutheran Nursing Home 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Medford Service Center 123 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, 2021, 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.