Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · Kansas

Elanco Shawnee Mission

Shawnee Mission, KS · ~481 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elanco Shawnee Mission runs at 14% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Elanco Shawnee Mission: 0.5 TCR = 14% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elanco Shawnee Mission safety composite

Elanco Shawnee Mission scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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%).

Elanco Shawnee Mission held a steady TCR band

Elanco Shawnee Mission's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.4 in 2020 to 0.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.4 · 2021=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Shawnee Mission, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 14% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #2/9
  • PHOTO BioDevices
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~481 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BioDevices (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elanco Shawnee Mission in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elanco Shawnee Mission averages 0.5 TCR (14% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Elanco Shawnee Mission TCR series: 2020=0.4 · 2021=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Elanco Shawnee Mission falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 9 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in Kansas.

Elanco Shawnee Mission (481 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Elanco Shawnee Mission
Elanco Shawnee Mission (481 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Elanco Shawnee Mission has more employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 0.5 0.3 2 0 0
2020 0.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · KS · Shawnee Mission

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 19 employers in Shawnee Mission, 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 BioDevices 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PF Consumer Healthcare B.V.(Puerto Rico Operations) LLC 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Viatris (Mylan Pharmaceuticals) - Collins Ferry 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ortho Biologics, LLC 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Global Specialty Fulfillment : MCI7 481 FTE
STATE-SIZE Viega LLC - Kansas 485 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Plains Manufacturing Inc SA1 476 FTE
STATE-SIZE Junction City Packaging 475 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shawnee Mission Medical Center 2,981 FTE
CITY-NEAR AdventHealth Shawnee Mission 2,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR SKC Communication Products LLC 276 FTE
CITY-NEAR Seaboard Foods 225 FTE
NAT-TCR 2077-Us Dd Nw Orlando Branch 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 4818-OH01 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Delta Branch 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR NYSEG Kirckwood JACC 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Navos 481 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1100 N. Eastern Ave. 481 FTE
NAT-SIZE FL Janitorial Services 481 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bolivar Medical Center 481 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.