Pasta, fresh, manufacturing · Kansas

Topeka Baked Plant

Topeka, KS · ~141 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.8
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Topeka Baked Plant runs at 262% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pasta, fresh, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Topeka Baked Plant: 10.8 TCR = 262% of Pasta, fresh, manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Topeka Baked Plant safety composite

Topeka Baked Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−3.9

2016→2018

Topeka Baked Plant injury rate improved

Topeka Baked Plant's TCR fell 3.9 from 11.5 in 2016 to 7.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.5 · 2017=13.1 · 2018=7.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311991 · Topeka, KS ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.8 · 262% of ind

  • DART 6.5 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Marianna Foods
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 66 inj
  • SIZE ~141 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Marianna Foods (0.0 TCR gap)

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Topeka Baked Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Topeka Baked Plant averages 10.8 TCR (262% of the Pasta, fresh, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Topeka Baked Plant TCR series: 2016=11.5 · 2017=13.1 · 2018=7.7 · BLS 4.1

Where Topeka Baked Plant falls in its industry

376 Pasta, fresh, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Pasta, fresh, manufacturing employers in Kansas.

Topeka Baked Plant (141 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 179 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Topeka Baked Plant
Topeka Baked Plant (141 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 179 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Topeka Baked Plant has fewer employees than the Pasta, fresh, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 7.7 6.5 20 0 0
2017 13.1 12.1 25 2 0
2016 11.5 10.4 21 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311991 · KS · Topeka

376 Pasta, fresh, manufacturing 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 Marianna Foods 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Keystone Natural Holdings Folcroft 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midnight Munchies, Inc. 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blount Fine Foods Warren 10.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kerry Ingredients 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dot's Lenexa 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koch Cabinets Hiawatha 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest 141 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 0408 - Butler, Pa 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR General Shale Arriscraft Fort Valley 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Velocity US Properties 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR L3 Unidyne National City 10.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Giant Food Stores 6514 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trig's Minocqua 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sachs Electric Company @ SLN Facilities 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE BedMart 141 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.