Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Kansas

Topeka Foundry & Iron Works

Topeka, KS · ~113 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Topeka Foundry & Iron Works runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Topeka Foundry & Iron Works: 1.8 TCR = 54% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Topeka Foundry & Iron Works safety composite

Topeka Foundry & Iron Works scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Topeka Foundry & Iron Works: 1.8 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2024

Topeka Foundry & Iron Works's TCR rose 1.7 from 1.8 in 2022 to 3.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Topeka, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 54% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #2/22
  • PHOTO Resolute Performance…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~113 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Resolute Performance Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Topeka Foundry & Iron Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Topeka Foundry & Iron Works averages 1.8 TCR (54% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Topeka Foundry & Iron Works TCR series: 2022=1.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Topeka Foundry & Iron Works falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 22 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Kansas.

Topeka Foundry & Iron Works (113 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Topeka Foundry & Iron Works
Topeka Foundry & Iron Works (113 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Topeka Foundry & Iron Works has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 3.5 1.7 4 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.8 0.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · KS · Topeka

1,491 Fabricated structural metal 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 Resolute Performance Inc 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schock Manufacturing LLC 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Rebar Columbia 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ratliff Industries, Inc. 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mahaney Group 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA KS Lenexa 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE Superior Boiler Technologies, Inc. 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Western Mfg. Co. 113 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 Schefers Roofing Company 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 5 Door Recovery 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR California Hotel Casino 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Landing of Long Cove 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lloyd W. Aubry Co., Inc 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bullen Ultrasonics, Inc. 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mission Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wagner Millwork, LLC 113 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. 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.