Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage · Kansas

Emporia Distribution Center

Emporia, KS · ~126 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Emporia Distribution Center runs at 28% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage workplace, earning a grade A.

Emporia Distribution Center: 1.6 TCR = 28% of Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage BLS 5.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Emporia Distribution Center safety composite

Emporia Distribution Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Emporia Distribution Center: 0.0 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.22× in 2024

Emporia Distribution Center's TCR rose 3.0 from 0.0 in 2022 to 3.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493120 · Emporia, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 28% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #1/14
  • PHOTO Marina Cooler
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~126 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Marina Cooler (0.0 TCR gap)

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Emporia Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Emporia Distribution Center averages 1.6 TCR (28% of the Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage BLS benchmark).

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

Emporia Distribution Center TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=3 · BLS 5.8

Where Emporia Distribution Center falls in its industry

1,039 Refrigerated Warehousing and S establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

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 14 Refrigerated Warehousing and S employers in Kansas.

Emporia Distribution Center (126 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Emporia Distribution Center
Emporia Distribution Center (126 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Emporia Distribution Center has more employees than the Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 3.0 2.0 2 1 0
2023 1.9 0.9 0 2 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493120 · KS · Emporia

1,039 Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 63 employers in Emporia, 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 Marina Cooler 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Americold Russellville El Mira, AR 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Weee Inc. Tampa, FL 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carthage, MO 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mid-American Machine & Equipment, Inc. 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alma Foods LLC 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Western Manufacturing Co. 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6284-HL-KC 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR EMPORIA PET FOOD 848 FTE
CITY-NEAR Emporia Plant 846 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hostess Brands LLC- Emporia 628 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newman Regional Health 600 FTE
NAT-TCR La Plaza Market, LLC Tracy 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR GA 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Millipore Sigma 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 8686 Ocoee 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eagle Mountain Case Rdy DC 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 1780 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dacotah Paper Co 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Standard Forged Products 126 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. 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.