Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing · Kansas
Hill's Pet Nutrition
Emporia, KS · ~129 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hill's Pet Nutrition runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Hill's Pet Nutrition: 3.3 TCR = 84% of Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hill's Pet Nutrition safety composite
Hill's Pet Nutrition scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% 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
Hill's Pet Nutrition: 3.4 → 5.4 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 5.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.71× in 2022
Hill's Pet Nutrition's TCR rose 2.0 from 3.4 in 2018 to 5.4 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311111 · Emporia, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 84% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #14/23
- PHOTO PIGRIMS MT. PLEASANT…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 19 inj
- SIZE ~129 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: PIGRIMS MT. PLEASANT PET FOOD (0.0 TCR gap)
Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Kansas employers → · Look up another →
Hill's Pet Nutrition in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Hill's Pet Nutrition
3.3 TCR
- PIGRIMS MT. PL
PIGRIMS MT. PLEASANT PET FOOD
3.3 TCR
- Meadville Oper
Meadville Operations
3.3 TCR
- Midwestern Pet
Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. - Monmouth
3.3 TCR
- East Mill
East Mill
3.3 TCR
What this shows Hill's Pet Nutrition averages 3.3 TCR (84% of the Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Hill's Pet Nutrition TCR series: 2018=3.4 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=5.4 · BLS 3.9
Where Hill's Pet Nutrition falls in its industry
302 Animal feed mills, dog and cat establishmentsSafer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 23 Animal feed mills, dog and cat employers in Kansas.
Hill's Pet Nutrition has more employees than the Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufact median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311111 · KS · Emporia
302 Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing 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 | PIGRIMS MT. PLEASANT PET FOOD | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Meadville Operations | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. - Monmouth | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | East Mill | 3.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Barkman Honey | 129 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jayhawk Fine Chemicals | 129 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gold Bond Building Medicine Lodge | 129 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Atikinsion | 129 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | EMPORIA PET FOOD | 848 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Emporia Plant | 846 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hostess Brands LLC- Emporia | 628 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Newman Regional Health | 600 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 2904-SAS-MO | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ohno Construction Company WA | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PSSI - 0746 OSI Group - Ashland/Chicago | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Aurora Zilber Family Hospice | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Big Y Foods, Inc. Killingly | 129 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2904-SAS-NM | 129 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2904-SAS-RI | 129 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2904-SAS-WV | 129 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.