Natural Gas Utility · Kansas

Topeka Sc

Topeka, KS · ~91 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Topeka Sc runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Natural Gas Utility workplace, earning a grade C.

Topeka Sc: 1.3 TCR = 112% of Natural Gas Utility BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Topeka Sc safety composite

Topeka Sc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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 Sc held a steady TCR band

Topeka Sc's TCR held near 0.0 from 1.1 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.1 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=4.2 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Topeka, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.3 · 112% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #10/20
  • PHOTO UGI Empire
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UGI Empire (0.0 TCR gap)

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Topeka Sc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Topeka Sc averages 1.3 TCR (112% of the Natural Gas Utility BLS benchmark).

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

Topeka Sc TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=4.2 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Topeka Sc falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Utility establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 20 Natural Gas Utility employers in Kansas.

Topeka Sc (91 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Topeka Sc
Topeka Sc (91 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Topeka Sc has more employees than the Natural Gas Utility median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2018 4.2 1.1 3 1 0
2017 2.1 1.1 1 1 0
2016 1.1 1.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · KS · Topeka

1,153 Natural Gas Utility 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 UGI Empire 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pico Rivera - Bld: 0444 - 15 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Suburban Natural Gas co. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Montana Dakota Utilities - Williston, ND(2) 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE TOPEKA PHONE CTR 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reece Construction Co., Inc. 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Builders Stone & Masonry 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE C&C Group - Lenexa, KS 91 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 PhilCorr LLC 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Spectrum Solutions, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Borger 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE C and C Power Line, Inc. 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Headquarters 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Coast Dredging 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store #43 91 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, 2020, 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.