Food service contractors, cafeteria · Kansas

Fresh Ideas Management- McPherson College

Mcpherson, KS · ~38 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.4
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fresh Ideas Management- McPherson College runs at 347% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food service contractors, cafeteria workplace, earning a grade F.

Fresh Ideas Management- McPherson College: 10.4 TCR = 347% of Food service contractors, cafeteria BLS 3.0 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fresh Ideas Management- McPherson College safety composite

Fresh Ideas Management- McPherson College scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−17.3

2018→2021

Fresh Ideas Management- McPherson College injury rate improved

Fresh Ideas Management- McPherson College's TCR fell 17.3 from 17.3 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 18.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=17.3 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=18.6 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Mcpherson, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 347% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #53/59
  • PHOTO 500598800 EASTERN KE…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 500598800 EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fresh Ideas Management- McPherson College in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fresh Ideas Management- McPherson College averages 10.4 TCR (347% of the Food service contractors, cafeteria BLS benchmark).

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

Fresh Ideas Management- McPherson College TCR series: 2018=17.3 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=18.6 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Fresh Ideas Management- McPherson College falls in its industry

6,952 Food service contractors, cafe establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 59 Food service contractors, cafe employers in Kansas.

Fresh Ideas Management- McPherson College (38 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Fresh Ideas Management- McPherson College
Fresh Ideas Management- McPherson College (38 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Fresh Ideas Management- McPherson College has fewer employees than the Food service contractors, cafeteria median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 18.6 0.0 3 0 0
2019 5.7 5.7 1 0 0
2018 17.3 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · KS · Mcpherson

6,952 Food service contractors, cafeteria employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 53 employers in Mcpherson, 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 500598800 EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARBOR - MORTON UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT 709 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 032/Cairn University 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1053 Shady Side Academy 10.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cobalt Cattle Company LLC - Sublette 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Friona Cattle Feeders North #1 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Plains Cattle Company LLC - Sublette 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Irsik and Doll Feed Yard 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR McPherson Refinery 525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Viega LLC - Kansas 485 FTE
CITY-NEAR McPherson Hospital, Inc 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR McPherson 305 FTE
NAT-TCR Descanso Dairy, LLC 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Brickl Bros., Inc. 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Duck 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Bend - Streets & Fleet 10.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Teledyne PI - Acton 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emanate Health Hospice 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pall Corporation 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sienna Hills Nursing and Rehab 38 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.