Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing · Kansas

Marel, Inc.

Lenexa, KS · ~131 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Marel, Inc. runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Marel, Inc.: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Marel, Inc. safety composite

Marel, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

Marel, Inc.: 0.0 → 1.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.29× in 2024

Marel, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333241 · Lenexa, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #6/13
  • PHOTO Gen III
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~131 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gen III (0.0 TCR gap)

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Marel, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Marel, Inc. averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Marel, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Marel, Inc. falls in its industry

215 Food choppers, grinders, mixer establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

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 13 Food choppers, grinders, mixer employers in Kansas.

Marel, Inc. (131 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Marel, Inc.
Marel, Inc. (131 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Marel, Inc. has more employees than the Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and sli median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 1.4 0.7 1 1 0
2023 6.3 2.4 8 0 0
2022 2.3 0.0 3 0 0
2021 2.3 1.8 5 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333241 · KS · Lenexa

215 Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 319 employers in Lenexa, 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 Gen III 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marlen International, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR W&W Dairy, LLC 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ITW FEG Troy Plant 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE XLT Ovens 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Superior Wall St. 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE CENTRAL MECHANICAL WICHITA, LLC 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE MCT Services, LLC 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR RailCrew Xpress 3,169 FTE
CITY-NEAR LENEXA (KSLEN) 2,266 FTE
CITY-NEAR KSLEN - LENEXA 2,183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kiewit Corporation_9401 Renner Boulevard 1,653 FTE
NAT-TCR Gaithersburg Cabinetry & Millwork 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Northern Engineering Co. LLC 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Destaco Camco 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center of Tampa 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Los Angeles Convention Center (ASM Global) 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dick's Sporting Goods Park 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Autumn Care of Statesville 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Delta Sky Club Atl B 131 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, 2016. 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.