Other Snack Food Manufacturing · Kansas

Topeka Plant

Topeka, KS · ~1,098 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Topeka Plant runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Other Snack Food Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Topeka Plant: 1.4 TCR = 35% of Other Snack Food Manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Topeka Plant safety composite

Topeka Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Topeka Plant held a steady TCR band

Topeka Plant's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.0 in 2017 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.0 · 2018=1.2 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311919 · Topeka, KS AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 35% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK P88
  • PHOTO Herr Foods - 062 Egg…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 76 inj
  • SIZE ~1,098 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Herr Foods - 062 Egg Harbor NJ (0.0 TCR gap)

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Topeka Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Topeka Plant averages 1.4 TCR (35% of the Other Snack Food Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Topeka Plant TCR series: 2017=1 · 2018=1.2 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 4.1

Where Topeka Plant falls in its industry

253 Other Snack Food Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Topeka Plant (1,098 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 160 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Topeka Plant
Topeka Plant (1,098 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 160 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Topeka Plant has more employees than the Other Snack Food Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 0.8 0.5 8 0 0
2023 1.2 1.0 11 0 0
2022 1.6 1.1 15 2 0
2021 2.7 2.3 22 1 0
2018 1.2 0.9 11 0 0
2017 1.0 0.8 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311919 · KS · Topeka

253 Other Snack Food 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 Herr Foods - 062 Egg Harbor NJ 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR FRANKFORT EAST 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plymouth Plant 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Backer's Potato Chip 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Menorah Medical Center 1,098 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lenexa # 9120 1,091 FTE
STATE-SIZE PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER 1,091 FTE
STATE-SIZE P1 Group, Inc. 1,109 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 Zamora 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR IPS Ft Wayne 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Riepen LLC 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR IRWINDALE 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Worlds of Fun 1,098 FTE
NAT-SIZE ORLEFLET - AT&T Mobility Services LLC 1,098 FTE
NAT-SIZE Renown Health ORG 100 +110 +150 1,098 FTE
NAT-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : SAT1 1,098 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, 2018, 2017. 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.