Soft drinks merchant wholesalers · Kansas

Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Topeka

Name: Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Topeka Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Topeka, KS · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 3.5
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Topeka runs at 160% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Soft drinks merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Topeka: 3.5 TCR = 160% of Soft drinks merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Topeka safety composite

Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Topeka scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% 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).

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 3.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−3.0

2017→2020

Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Topeka injury rate improved

Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Topeka's TCR fell 3.0 from 5.0 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.0 · 2020=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424490 · Topeka, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 160% of ind

DART 2.0 DART
RANK #4/13
PHOTO Northlake IL
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Northlake IL (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Topeka averages 3.5 TCR (160% of the Soft drinks merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Topeka TCR series: 2017=5 · 2020=2 · BLS 2.2

Where Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Topeka falls in its industry

1,278 Soft drinks merchant wholesale establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 13 Soft drinks merchant wholesale employers in Kansas.

Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Topeka (53 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Topeka has fewer employees than the Soft drinks merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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
2020	2.0	2.0	1	0	0
2017	5.0	3.3	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424490 · KS · Topeka

1,278 Soft drinks merchant wholesalers 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Northlake IL	NORTHLAKE, IL	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	General Pet - Dayton	DAYTON, OH	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NAB	DENVER, CO	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	470 Hickory	HICKORY, NC	3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Green Plains Cattle Company LLC - kismet	KISMET	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Southwest Plains Dairy, LLC	SYRACUSE	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	McCarthy Building Companies, Inc NBAF	MANHATTEN	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sonic Equipment Company	IOLA	53 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stormont Vail Health - Hospital	Topeka	2,589 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Goodyear Tire Rubber Company	Topeka	1,563 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Goodyear Topeka	Topeka	1,499 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus	Topeka	1,417 FTE
NAT-TCR	American boxboard LLC	Bedford Park, IL	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Gunite Corporation	Rockford, IL	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Midlite Corporation	Fallriver, MA	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Meijer Store 104	Columbus, OH	3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SunnyBrook of Burlington	Burlington, IA	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CMC Energy- CT	Yalesville, CT	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LAL Acquisitions INC	Muncie, IN	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	131 St Cloud	St Cloud, MN	53 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.