Specialized Freight except Used Goods Trucking LongDistance · Kansas

Topeka Traffic Center

Topeka, KS · ~240 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Topeka Traffic Center runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Specialized Freight except Used Goods Trucking LongDistance workplace, earning a grade A.

Topeka Traffic Center: 2.0 TCR = 44% of Specialized Freight except Used Goods Trucking LongDistance BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Topeka Traffic Center safety composite

Topeka Traffic Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−4.1

2021→2024

Topeka Traffic Center injury rate improved

Topeka Traffic Center's TCR fell 4.1 from 4.6 in 2021 to 0.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.6 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Topeka, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.0 · 44% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #8/20
  • PHOTO Edwards Moving & Rig…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~240 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Edwards Moving & Rigging, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Topeka Traffic Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Topeka Traffic Center averages 2.0 TCR (44% of the Specialized Freight except Used Goods Trucking LongDistance BLS benchmark).

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

Topeka Traffic Center TCR series: 2021=4.6 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Topeka Traffic Center falls in its industry

1,026 Specialized Freight except Use establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 20 Specialized Freight except Use employers in Kansas.

Topeka Traffic Center (240 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Topeka Traffic Center
Topeka Traffic Center (240 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Topeka Traffic Center has more employees than the Specialized Freight except Used Goods Tr median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2023 0.4 0.4 1 0 0
2022 2.5 2.5 6 0 0
2021 4.6 3.8 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · KS · Topeka

1,026 Specialized Freight except Used Goods Trucking LongDistance 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 Edwards Moving & Rigging, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BHS - Joplin (MGO) 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Glen Rose Yard 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR UR-Marrysville 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dondlinger & Sons Construction Co. Inc LLC 240 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 5219 240 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mazuma Credit Union 240 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 186 239 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 USA East Boston 375 Mcclellan Hwy 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Vallecitos Water District 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Noll Pallet & Lumber Co Inc 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Fieldale Farms - Feed Mill #2 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Berry Global 240 FTE
NAT-SIZE Freeborn County 240 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pirelli Tire LLC 240 FTE
NAT-SIZE Supply Chain Greenville SC 240 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. 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.