Meat Processed From Carcasses · Kansas

Hutchinson Plant (KPR)

Hutchinson, KS · ~179 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hutchinson Plant (KPR) runs at 243% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Meat Processed From Carcasses workplace, earning a grade F.

Hutchinson Plant (KPR): 8.0 TCR = 243% of Meat Processed From Carcasses BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hutchinson Plant (KPR) safety composite

Hutchinson Plant (KPR) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.9

2017→2023

Hutchinson Plant (KPR) injury rate improved

Hutchinson Plant (KPR)'s TCR fell 2.9 from 4.7 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 25.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.7 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=25.0 · 2021=9.0 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 243% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #14/15
  • PHOTO Berks Packing Co., I…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~179 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Berks Packing Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hutchinson Plant (KPR) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hutchinson Plant (KPR) averages 8.0 TCR (243% 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

Hutchinson Plant (KPR) TCR series: 2017=4.7 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=25 · 2021=9 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Hutchinson Plant (KPR) falls in its industry

613 Meat Processed From Carcasses establishments

Safer than 19% 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 #14 safest of 15 Meat Processed From Carcasses employers in Kansas.

Hutchinson Plant (KPR) (179 employees, TCR 8.0) 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 Hutchinson Plant (KPR)
Hutchinson Plant (KPR) (179 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Hutchinson Plant (KPR) has fewer 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
2023 1.8 0.9 4 0 0
2022 10.3 9.4 5 17 0
2021 9.0 9.0 3 12 0
2020 25.0 23.5 8 26 0
2019 2.6 2.0 3 1 0
2018 2.8 2.8 3 1 0
2017 4.7 4.0 4 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · KS · Hutchinson

613 Meat Processed From Carcasses employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 94 employers in Hutchinson, 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 Berks Packing Co., Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roger Wood Foods 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seminole Plant 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northwest Iowa Pork 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE TOPEKA KS - 3291 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1187 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4707 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE Finney County DC 179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System 1,003 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hutchinson Regional Medical Center 956 FTE
CITY-NEAR 794 363 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 794 336 FTE
NAT-TCR Bassco 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR South Coast Hospice & Palliative Care Services, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR R.W. Fernstrum & Company 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR EP Acquisitions dba H&B Elevator, Inc 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Newport Subacute Healthcare Center 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quest Medical, Inc 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE GOJO Industries, Inc. - Navarre 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE LifeServe Blood Center - Des Moines 179 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, 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.