Meat Processed From Carcasses · Kansas

Emporia Plant

Emporia, KS · ~846 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
5
Fatalities
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The verdict

Emporia Plant runs at 310% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Meat Processed From Carcasses workplace, earning a grade F.

Emporia Plant: 10.2 TCR = 310% of Meat Processed From Carcasses BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Emporia Plant safety composite

Emporia Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 5

Safer than 0% 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

2017→2024

Emporia Plant injury rate improved

Emporia Plant's TCR fell 3.1 from 5.4 in 2017 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 25.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.4 · 2018=5.0 · 2019=5.0 · 2020=25.6 · 2021=12.6 · 2022=23.0 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · Emporia, KS ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.2 · 310% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #15/15
  • PHOTO Citterio USA
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 138 inj
  • SIZE ~846 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Citterio USA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Emporia Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Emporia Plant averages 10.2 TCR (310% of the Meat Processed From Carcasses BLS benchmark).

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

Emporia Plant TCR series: 2017=5.4 · 2018=5 · 2019=5 · 2020=25.6 · 2021=12.6 · 2022=23 · 2023=3 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Emporia Plant falls in its industry

613 Meat Processed From Carcasses establishments

Safer than 10% 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 #15 safest of 15 Meat Processed From Carcasses employers in Kansas.

Emporia Plant (846 employees, TCR 10.2) 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 Emporia Plant
Emporia Plant (846 employees, TCR 10.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Emporia Plant has more employees than the Meat Processed From Carcasses median and a higher 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 2.3 1.4 8 7 0
2023 3.0 1.3 10 11 0
2022 23.0 21.1 11 165 0
2021 12.6 11.2 17 91 0
2020 25.6 23.9 23 206 5
2019 5.0 3.6 22 26 0
2018 5.0 4.1 27 21 0
2017 5.4 4.3 20 27 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · KS · Emporia

613 Meat Processed From Carcasses 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 Citterio USA 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR RBR Meat Co., Inc. 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rose & Shore, Inc. 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MAID RITE SPECIALTY FOODS INC EB 10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE EMPORIA PET FOOD 848 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 City of Bemidji 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR United Pharma LLC 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR MANCHESTER 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR TNN013 10.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 389 846 FTE
NAT-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 392 846 FTE
NAT-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 394 846 FTE
NAT-SIZE Christus Spohn Kleberg-113 846 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.