Grocery stores · Kansas

Gene'S Heartland Foods 712

Name: Gene'S Heartland Foods 712 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Smith Center, KS · ~34 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.7
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gene'S Heartland Foods 712 runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Gene'S Heartland Foods 712: 4.7 TCR = 139% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gene'S Heartland Foods 712 safety composite

Gene'S Heartland Foods 712 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−3.5

2019→2024

Gene'S Heartland Foods 712 injury rate improved

Gene'S Heartland Foods 712's TCR fell 3.5 from 7.8 in 2019 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 12.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=7.8 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=12.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Smith Center, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 139% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #101/159
PHOTO The Fresh Market 001
BOOK 6y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 001 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Gene'S Heartland Foods 712 averages 4.7 TCR (139% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Gene'S Heartland Foods 712 TCR series: 2019=7.8 · 2020=4 · 2021=0 · 2022=12.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.4

Where Gene'S Heartland Foods 712 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #101 safest of 159 Grocery stores employers in Kansas.

Gene'S Heartland Foods 712 (34 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Gene'S Heartland Foods 712 has fewer employees than the Grocery stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2024	4.3	0.0	1
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	12.2	4.1	3
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	4.0	0.0	1
2019	7.8	7.8	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · KS · Smith Center

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 6 employers in Smith Center, KS · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	The Fresh Market 001	GREENSBORO, NC	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The Fresh Market 218	BOCA RATON, FL	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Middletown Karns Food Store	MIDDLETOWN, PA	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lowes Foods #259	PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC	4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	High Choice Feeders LLC	SCOTT CITY	34 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Garden City Transmission	GARDEN CITY	34 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Emporia Service Center	EMPORIA	34 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rau Construction Company	OVERLAND PARK	34 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smith County Memorial Hospital	Smith Center	149 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SUNPORCH OF SMITH COUNTY	Smith Center	66 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smith Center Health and Rehab	Smith Center	49 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Applequist Mfg, Inc.	Smith Center	43 FTE
NAT-TCR	TYK America	Clairton, PA	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Palo Alto County Health System	Emmetsburg, IA	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Aberdeen Home Care, Inc.	Danvers, MA	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Road Machinery and Supplies (RMS Rentals)	Savage, MN	4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	1004-75 GoJet ORD MX	Chicago, IL	34 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pumpman - SoCal	Baldwin Park, CA	34 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Smithwell, Inc.	Clermont, FL	34 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Trans-System Inc - Caldwell	Caldwell, ID	34 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.