Child welfare services · Kansas

KS - Topeka

Topeka, KS · ~123 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KS - Topeka runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Child welfare services workplace, earning a grade B.

KS - Topeka: 2.0 TCR = 53% of Child welfare services BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KS - Topeka safety composite

KS - Topeka scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−4.0

2019→2020

KS - Topeka injury rate improved

KS - Topeka's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624110 · Topeka, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 53% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/16
  • PHOTO The Link
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Link (0.0 TCR gap)

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KS - Topeka in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KS - Topeka averages 2.0 TCR (53% of the Child welfare services BLS benchmark).

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

KS - Topeka TCR series: 2019=4 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.8

Where KS - Topeka falls in its industry

328 Child welfare services establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 16 Child welfare services employers in Kansas.

KS - Topeka (123 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate KS - Topeka
KS - Topeka (123 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.3

KS - Topeka has more employees than the Child welfare services median and a lower 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.0 1.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624110 · KS · Topeka

328 Child welfare services 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 The Link 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Easterseals - 426 Industrial Ave-Williston 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Charlotte Hungerford Hospital CYF 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lutheran Child and Family Services - Decatur 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sabetha Feed Plant 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE D070-M001 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA KS Andover Plant 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Andale Ready Mix Central, Inc. 123 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 Genesis Systems Group 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR D & E Construction, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Arrow Exterminators Pensacola 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR GMI (Orange County Location) 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gainesville Hauling 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Administrative Offices of Torrance County 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aubright 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Village Crest Rehab 123 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: 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.