Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · Kansas

Ernest-Spencer Metals Topeka

Topeka, KS · ~66 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ernest-Spencer Metals Topeka runs at 223% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Ernest-Spencer Metals Topeka: 7.4 TCR = 223% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ernest-Spencer Metals Topeka safety composite

Ernest-Spencer Metals Topeka scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

Ernest-Spencer Metals Topeka: 5.7 → 10.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 10.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.2× in 2023

Ernest-Spencer Metals Topeka's TCR rose 4.4 from 5.7 in 2019 to 10.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Topeka, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 223% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #17/22
  • PHOTO Canam
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Canam (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ernest-Spencer Metals Topeka in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ernest-Spencer Metals Topeka averages 7.4 TCR (223% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ernest-Spencer Metals Topeka TCR series: 2019=5.7 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=5.5 · 2023=10.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Ernest-Spencer Metals Topeka falls in its industry

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 22 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in Kansas.

Ernest-Spencer Metals Topeka (66 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ernest-Spencer Metals Topeka
Ernest-Spencer Metals Topeka (66 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Ernest-Spencer Metals Topeka has more employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2023 10.1 1.4 7 0 0
2021 5.5 3.7 3 0 0
2020 8.2 4.1 4 0 0
2019 5.7 1.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · KS · Topeka

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 319 employers in Topeka, 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 Canam 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stockton Steel 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR W&W/AFCO Steel Greeley 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Great Lakes Stainless 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Manhattan Service Center 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHS Construction, INC 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hydro Resources, MDC Garden City 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sporer Land Development, Inc. 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stormont Vail Health - Hospital 2,589 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodyear Tire Rubber Company 1,563 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodyear Topeka 1,499 FTE
CITY-NEAR The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus 1,417 FTE
NAT-TCR Food 4 Less - Ceres 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR GreenLawn Specialists 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Micro Metals 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunray Farms LLC 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Embassy Suites Blue Ash 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fiesta # 41 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0260 - Tolleson Az (Wet) Depot 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE RK-122-Georgetown (RK-122) 66 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.