Employer · Kansas

Emporia Pet Food

Emporia, KS · ~848 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Emporia Pet Food runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.

Emporia Pet Food: 1.2 TCR = 30% of industry BLS 3.9 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Emporia Pet Food safety composite

Emporia Pet Food scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−1.8

2016→2023

Emporia Pet Food injury rate improved

Emporia Pet Food's TCR fell 1.8 from 2.5 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2017=2.1 · 2020=0.4 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311111 · Emporia, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 30% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #7/23
  • PHOTO RSD
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 54 inj
  • SIZE ~848 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RSD (0.0 TCR gap)

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Emporia Pet Food in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Emporia Pet Food averages 1.2 TCR (30% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Emporia Pet Food TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=2.1 · 2020=0.4 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.8 · BLS 3.9

Where Emporia Pet Food falls in its industry

302 industry establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

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 23 industry employers in Kansas.

Emporia Pet Food (848 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 02004006008001,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Emporia Pet Food
Emporia Pet Food (848 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Emporia Pet Food has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 0.8 0.1 6 0 0
2022 0.7 0.3 6 0 0
2021 0.5 0.1 4 0 0
2020 0.4 0.1 3 0 0
2017 2.1 1.5 19 1 0
2016 2.5 1.4 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311111 · KS · Emporia

302 industry 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 RSD 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR KKC 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR RNS-NSC 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nestle Purina Pet Care - Jefferson 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Emporia Plant 846 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 6035 839 FTE
STATE-SIZE Exide Technologies 876 FTE
STATE-SIZE Textron Aviation- CSC Wichita 877 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hostess Brands LLC- Emporia 628 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newman Regional Health 600 FTE
CITY-NEAR EMPORIA FLEX PLANT 574 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hostess Brands Emporia 549 FTE
NAT-TCR Bear General Contractors LLC 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #0601 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1067 - Flight Operations - Boeing 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Minnesota Oncology - Burnsville 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 118926-Tampa Fl P&Dc 848 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston Terminals, LLC 848 FTE
NAT-SIZE McGee Air Services SEA 848 FTE
NAT-SIZE TidalHealth Nanticoke 848 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, 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.