Salt, table, manufacturing · Kansas

Morton Salt - South Hutchinson, KS

South Hutchinson, KS · ~142 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Morton Salt - South Hutchinson, KS runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Salt, table, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Morton Salt - South Hutchinson, KS: 0.7 TCR = 16% of Salt, table, manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Morton Salt - South Hutchinson, KS safety composite

Morton Salt - South Hutchinson, KS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

Morton Salt - South Hutchinson, KS held a steady TCR band

Morton Salt - South Hutchinson, KS's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.7 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.7 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311942 · South Hutchinson, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 16% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #1/7
  • PHOTO Newport Flavors & Fr…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~142 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Newport Flavors & Fragrances (0.0 TCR gap)

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Morton Salt - South Hutchinson, KS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Morton Salt - South Hutchinson, KS averages 0.7 TCR (16% of the Salt, table, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Morton Salt - South Hutchinson, KS TCR series: 2016=0.7 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=0.7 · BLS 4.1

Where Morton Salt - South Hutchinson, KS falls in its industry

200 Salt, table, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 7 Salt, table, manufacturing employers in Kansas.

Morton Salt - South Hutchinson, KS (142 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Morton Salt - South Hutchinson, KS
Morton Salt - South Hutchinson, KS (142 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Morton Salt - South Hutchinson, KS has more employees than the Salt, table, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2018 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2017 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311942 · KS · South Hutchinson

200 Salt, table, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 10 employers in South 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 Newport Flavors & Fragrances 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kerry Red Arrow Expo 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nestle LJ Minor 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR McCormick Hunt Valley Plant 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE New Century, KS 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tortilla King LLC 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE DaVinci Roofscapes 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wenger Manufacturing, Inc. - 714 Main St. 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hutchinson Plant 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Collins Bus 208 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mennonite Friendship Communities 150 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morton Salt 120 FTE
NAT-TCR McAlester Rig Operations 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Mitten 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Regional Zone Charlotte, NC 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Bemis North America - New London 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ineos Nitriles USA LLC 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlanta Service Center 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brainin 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE SaberBrynMawr 142 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: 2018, 2017, 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.