Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking Long-Distance · Kansas

Topeka Traffic

Name: Topeka Traffic Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Topeka, KS · ~225 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.6
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Topeka Traffic runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking Long-Distance workplace, earning a grade C.

Topeka Traffic: 3.6 TCR = 81% of Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking Long-Distance BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Topeka Traffic safety composite

Topeka Traffic scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Topeka Traffic: 2.3 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 5.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.79× in 2020

Topeka Traffic's TCR rose 1.4 from 2.3 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 81% of ind

DART 2.9 DART
RANK #13/20
PHOTO Bessemer Terminal
BOOK 5y book
INJ 44 inj
SIZE ~225 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bessemer Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Topeka Traffic averages 3.6 TCR (81% of the Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking Long-Distance BLS benchmark).

Topeka Traffic TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=5 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=4 · 2020=3.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Topeka Traffic falls in its industry

1,026 Specialized Freight (except Us establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 20 Specialized Freight (except Us employers in Kansas.

Topeka Traffic (225 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Topeka Traffic has more employees than the Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) median and a higher 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
2020	3.7	2.9	9
2019	4.0	2.0	10
2018	3.3	2.0	8
2017	5.0	2.1	12
2016	2.3	1.4	5

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · KS · Topeka

1,026 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking Long-Distance 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Bessemer Terminal	BESSMER, AL	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Smyrna Terminal	LA VERGNE, TN	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	9613-1401	CHARLOTTE, NC	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lincoln Logistics, LLC	CONROE, TX	3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Company Wide	FORT SCOTT	225 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Seaboard Foods	SHAWNEE MISSION	225 FTE
STATE-SIZE	615-00072	WICHITA	225 FTE
STATE-SIZE	111	CHANUTE	225 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stormont Vail Health - Hospital	Topeka	2,589 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Goodyear Tire Rubber Company	Topeka	1,563 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Goodyear Topeka	Topeka	1,499 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus	Topeka	1,417 FTE
NAT-TCR	42411c - Erlanger	Erlanger, KY	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Roses 237	Florence, SC	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	1091 Bowie, Md	Bowie, MD	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	CA056	Paramount, CA	3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Peak Behavioral Health / SBH - El Paso	Santa Teresa, NM	225 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Urbana	Urbana, OH	225 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Oklahoma City Operations	Oklahoma City, OK	225 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Philips Volcano-San Diego	San Diego, CA	225 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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