Child welfare services · Kansas

KVC Kansas Topeka

Topeka, KS · ~129 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KVC Kansas Topeka runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Child welfare services workplace, earning a grade C.

KVC Kansas Topeka: 3.4 TCR = 90% of Child welfare services BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KVC Kansas Topeka safety composite

KVC Kansas Topeka scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

Rising injury rate

KVC Kansas Topeka: 1.7 → 4.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.29× in 2024

KVC Kansas Topeka's TCR rose 2.3 from 1.7 in 2021 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 90% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #9/16
  • PHOTO LIFESPAN DAYCARE
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LIFESPAN DAYCARE (0.0 TCR gap)

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KVC Kansas Topeka in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KVC Kansas Topeka averages 3.4 TCR (90% of the Child welfare services BLS benchmark).

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

KVC Kansas Topeka TCR series: 2021=1.7 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.8

Where KVC Kansas Topeka falls in its industry

328 Child welfare services establishments

Safer than 47% 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 #9 safest of 16 Child welfare services employers in Kansas.

KVC Kansas Topeka (129 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 KVC Kansas Topeka
KVC Kansas Topeka (129 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.3

KVC Kansas Topeka has more employees than the Child welfare services 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
2024 4.0 1.0 4 0 0
2023 5.2 1.7 6 0 0
2022 2.8 1.4 4 0 0
2021 1.7 1.7 2 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 LIFESPAN DAYCARE 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lee Wetherington 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR IYR Administration 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Adoptions 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hill's Pet Nutrition 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barkman Honey 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jayhawk Fine Chemicals 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gold Bond Building Medicine Lodge 129 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 Amazon.com Services LLC - MDT5 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - BHM1 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - SAT9 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DTW8 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE YMCA in New Hope 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE HEICO Component Repair Group 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bak Festivals, Inc. 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE W Los Angeles West Beverly Hills 129 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. 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.