Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses · Kansas

Elkhorn Valley Packing

Harper, KS · ~120 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elkhorn Valley Packing runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses workplace, earning a grade B.

Elkhorn Valley Packing: 1.7 TCR = 53% of Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elkhorn Valley Packing safety composite

Elkhorn Valley Packing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% 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

−2.7

2016→2024

Elkhorn Valley Packing injury rate improved

Elkhorn Valley Packing's TCR fell 2.7 from 3.5 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · Harper, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 53% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/15
  • PHOTO ALLE PROCESSING CORP
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ALLE PROCESSING CORP (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elkhorn Valley Packing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elkhorn Valley Packing averages 1.7 TCR (53% of the Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses BLS benchmark).

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

Elkhorn Valley Packing TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=3 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Elkhorn Valley Packing falls in its industry

613 Beef, primal and sub-primal cu establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 15 Beef, primal and sub-primal cu employers in Kansas.

Elkhorn Valley Packing (120 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 Elkhorn Valley Packing
Elkhorn Valley Packing (120 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Elkhorn Valley Packing has fewer employees than the Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made f median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2024 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2022 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2021 2.4 1.8 4 0 0
2020 3.0 1.2 5 0 0
2019 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2018 1.2 0.6 2 0 0
2017 1.9 1.3 3 0 0
2016 3.5 2.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · KS · Harper

613 Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 3 employers in Harper, 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 ALLE PROCESSING CORP 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Queen City Sausage & Provision Inc 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Philly's Best Steak Company Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kraft Heinz Company Coshocton 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Morton Salt 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE TAMKO - Phillipsburg 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE North American Specialty Products 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE ZEPHYR PRODUCTS INC. 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harper Industries 169 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cox Machine Inc (Harper Division) 35 FTE
NAT-TCR Exacto LLC 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lennar Portland 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Swiss Caps 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Martinsburg 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0301 Boulder 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Powell Electronics Inc (Corporate) 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0554 Hewlett 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grand Junction (92) 120 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.